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I live in Illinois. My stepdaughter wants to move in with us for her senior year of high school when she turns 18yrs in August. We want to change so the support goes to the child instead of the parent she will no longer be living with.
If your order has an expiration date, you meed to make sure it ends at the end of may, 2021. If it has an earlier date, you need to get a court order to extend the termination date to that time. Otherwise, you file a motion to redirect child support.
A court appointed lawyer has no discovery on case
It sounds like, if you don’t already have a lawyer, you should consider trying to find a way to get another lawyer, to review any discovery produced by the state and proceed with your case.
I don't know if I should pay the fine or go to the court... and how long do I have to pay the fine?
This is an excellent question.
Many more details would need to be known in order to give you a complete evaluation with respect to what will happen to your commercial driver's license if you plead guilty to failing to secure a load.
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She lives in Florida, so I would like to go through the sheriff or third party to serve the papers.
Depends on what you mean by 'she won't acknowledge receipt'. Did you send the mail certified with a PS Form 3811 attached? If you didn't - you didn't do it right. If you did and she signed for the certified letter, the return PS Form 3811 is all the acknowledgement you... Read more »
can the custodial parent help, in any capacity
Unless the payments are going to reimburse public assistance, the custodial parent can certainly agree to modify the support or reduce the arrears, but you will need a court order tomodify the prior order. You should speak to an attorney.
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