Usually you have to serve the other person in person through a private process server or constable, unless you get permission from a judge to serve them via certified mail. It doesn’t sound like you do here. So you would need to serve them in person by a process server. If certified mail service... View More

Get a lawyer to possibly get a hearing date sooner than play the waiting game, so the court can make some orders regarding the house. It may come down to selling the house at a loss. Or the court may order her to pay half the mortgage until it’s sold.

OAG is unlikely to do that much work. You should probably get a private attorney. Those records will need to be subpoenaed.

It should state the parties had these children born during the marriage, but their parental rights were terminated, and attach a copy of the order terminating parental rights as an exhibit.

If you’re married then you’re married, doesn’t matter where you got married. You have to get a divorce first.

File the answer if you intent to claim your rights. File a waiver if you don’t oppose anything and are okay with him basically going to court without you and asking for what he wants. Sometimes waivers will allow for that if you aren’t careful. Sometimes a waiver only waives service but you are... View More

It should be amended and corrected to prevent any possible issues.

If you’re the beneficiary of an application filed by your citizen spouse, the length of time you must wait after you get your green card, before you can apply for citizenship can be different. If you’re married to a US citizen you can apply 3 years after getting your green card. If you aren’t... View More

Yes but you will need to nonsuit the case you filed in wrong county before the respondent (defendant) files something against you in that case, for example, asking for attorney’s fees for having to deal with a case in a county with no jurisdiction.

If the check is in her name and you don’t give it to her, you can face criminal charges and civil penalties. Unless your divorce decree awarded you her check, which it doesn’t sound like.

No bank will refinance without his signature, and no dealer or private seller will buy the casr from you without his signature. Because he is listed on both the car and note.

Yes he can file any motion he wants. Whether the judge grants it is a separate story. You should get a lawyer to have the best chance to quash his request for drug testing if he tried.

To file for a modification and ask for emergency temporary orders.

If your father is also an owner of the property or a tenant on the least (depending on whether it’s leased or owned), your mom cannot kick you out as long as your dad allows you to stay in.

A: Yes you have a right to say no. She has a right to say “screw you” excuse my language. And both of you have a right to file for divorce. This isn’t a legal issue, it’s a marital issue. You have a right to agree or oppose to anything you want during the marriage

You have to amend your petition for divorce to include a request for establishment of paternity and request for dna testing on the child that was born before marriage (assuming there are no other court orders affecting that child, which is why the judge made this ruling). The dna testing... View More

Typically a TRO doesn’t address visitation rights. If it does, it’s wrong and needs to be corrected through proper motions. If the TRO doesn’t say anything about visitations, that is the correct way. And your most recent order regarding visitations is still in effect.

It comes down to whether or not you held yourself out to public as husband and wife. To determine that, a divorce would have to be filed, the other party can contest it, and the judge would take into consideration a variety of factors (joint accounts, joint ownership of property, joint tax returns,... View More

The IRS rule is that whoever has the children more than 50% of the time, can claim the children on tax returns. That’s a federal law. And although I don’t practice law in Idaho, respectfully, I highly doubt they would have a law that contradicts IRS rules. Claiming children on tax returns is a... View More

There is no deadline. You should submit and file a motion for a status conference, and set it for hearing. Or call the clerk and tell them to remind the judge to make a ruling on your case on the specific issue.