If you have an agreement with your former spouse, yes you can. The exception to this is if your spousal support case has been adjudicated in non-support court, then you cannot.

Yes, prospective support will be stopped but you will still owe the back child support.

If he passed away without a will, that means the default laws of how property is inherited will be used. In this case that appears to mean that you, and any siblings you have, will get naked ownership of the property and your mom will get a usufruct, meaning she will get the use of the property.

Yes, it will prolong it because you need to be served in some way.

That is unlikely to actually happen if all of the stuff you mentioned is community property. However, it would be possible to craft a consent judgment on the partition the way you want to do it. You do need to make sure they issue is properly before the court to avoid lesion.

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Well, someone has custody of you until you are 18. This means there is a possibility you could be returned. To get around this you'd need to petition a court for emancipation.

You'll have to get a motion filed in nonsupport court, but yes, you can cause him to pay.

No, you did not.

If service of the petition was made, then yes.

No, nonsupport court does not have jurisdiction to decide child custody. You'll have to file your own pleadings.

Louisiana does not have common law marriage but will recognize common law marriages from other states. You would need to determine this first. However, you can file a petition to open the succession yourself since you're an heir.

You can decide on a consent judgment to partition the community property in any way you two want to. However, you want to make sure the motion to partition is properly before the court to avoid the possible issue of lesion.

You would have to file a petition for ex parte emergency custody. You'll need to talk to an attorney to get it done. The petition would be filed and walked through to the judge the same day, and if it is approved, you'll have a custody order the same day so you don't have to return... View More

You would likely have to speak to an attorney licensed in Florida to determine that. Here in louisiana there is a procedure for enforcing foreign judgments, and I am sure Florida has a comparable procedure.

If he hasn't paid child support or exercised visitation in 5 years, you can move to terminate his parental rights. You'll very likely want an attorney to assist with this, though.

It depends on the circumstances. Who has legal custody of the child right now? If you have reason to believe either of the parents having custody is a danger, you could always file a petition yourself. Grandparents also may have a limited right to just visitation under certain circumstances; this... View More

Well, the court isn't going to emancipate her, but you can definitely file your own petition for custody. What is the legal custody arrangement currently? From what you've said, it sounds like you'd have a decent case against the mother, but the father might be able to fight it,... View More

Although there are some older Louisiana cases that contain negative treatment of homosexuality in the context of child custody, that is generally no longer considered in and of itself.

There seem to be a few moving parts here. You'll need to file a petition to open the succession regardless since it involves immovable property because you need to keep the title clear. When you say the niece has not come forward, does that mean you can't find her or she is contesting the... View More