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I am the custodial parent of our two children and our divorce was final in 2002. The decree states that my ex "has a major medical policy in effect for the children". They were never on any policy he had and I had them on Georgia Medicaid, and I never noticed that he claimed to have them... View More
answered on Jun 3, 2024
My best advice is to get your money together to hire an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney you will have to take him back to court representing yourself.
I have multiple kids
answered on Jun 3, 2024
The uncontested divorce includes child support if there are minor children born of the parties. You will need to submit to the Court a child support worksheet and child support addendum.
Chose to get a divorce and now come to an belief it was a grave miscalculation to do so.
The prenup as my forensic and attorney told me it fails on every prong. My husband is a sociopath and has financially, physically, and verbally traumatized me and my kids. Fraudulently deceived and this judge isn't reading a thing. My Attorney is so apologetic and said nothing has swung our... View More
answered on Apr 29, 2024
Either your current attorney needs to handle your case or you need a new attorney. But attorney's online can't advise you when you have legal representation.
Do I have rights to real estate property after divorce decree and signing no claim if i felt under duress?
I had a divorce 3 years ago. I signed divorce settlement with no claim to marital property specifically the residence we lived in over 5 years. I signed the settlement without lawyer... View More
answered on Apr 29, 2024
No, your case is over and the order(s) signed from that case stand, and cannot now be attacked, 3 years later. Unfortunately, when a case is going on is the time to hire an attorney to represent you and help you finalize the matter.
answered on Apr 18, 2024
Anything you purchased during the marriage could be considered marital property, even a property in another country the spouse has never seen.
We have 3 children together 2 are over 18 and one is in the custody of his mother. I had 2 more with another man but they have had there paternity established already. So can I file a divorce without minor children?
answered on Apr 8, 2024
If you in fact have minor children then you need to file for divorce and state that you have minor children. I would speak directly to an attorney
answered on Mar 21, 2024
Yes. Giving up your parental rights will not relieve you of your obligation to financially support your minor child.
My ex-husband/his dad and I have 50/50 custody. My son also being left there with his dad’s girlfriend’s daughter who is 10 years old.
answered on Mar 13, 2024
If you have an issue with the current order you will need to file for a modification. That is the only way to change your current visitation.
answered on Mar 13, 2024
There should have been instructions on how to respond on the summons you received. If you need further assistance you should consider hiring an attorney to represent you.
Through dfcs without my knowledge?
answered on Mar 13, 2024
A potential father can take a mother to court on an action to legitimize and the court can order a paternity test. If he is determined to be the biological father the court may award him some form of custody & visitation.
and has been extremely biased in this whole process, as well as after the initial hearing, which that hearing and any proceedings should have been dismissed as the law on the principle certificate of service was purged by dftcs and the acting court actors. We never received by hand delivery, nor... View More
answered on Mar 13, 2024
It is difficult for me to follow the issues based on what you have written. My best advice would be to speak with an attorney. A judge's bias is a matter of your opinion and is not something you are likely to be able to obtain a change for necessarily. Other procedural issues that you claim... View More
When my ex and i divorced we agreed, no child support. Now, I want to take him back. Since our divorced my pay increased 4k and his decreased 2k. We shared 50/50 custody and now our incomes are almost the same. Maybe off by 300 a month. Would it be a waste of my time to take him back to court?
answered on Mar 2, 2024
No one can tell you what the child support would be without any financial documents. Child support can be modified every two years without a material change in circumstances. If you think there could be an increase, you could hire an attorney and take the father back to court.
The non-custodial parent has never made a payment for child support, that was court ordered in 2016. He is over $28,000 in arrears (according to DFCS case portal) but they won't enforce saying I have to re-file as a "Full" case.
answered on Feb 19, 2024
I wold advise you to hire an attorney and file for contempt. An attorney can assist you in obtaining a judgment and in post-judgment collections to collect on that judgment.
Get 2 weekends a month with kids and other parent calls more than once a day. It was more before I put some time restrictions on it. Have to return all calls even if busy with activitites?
answered on Feb 19, 2024
If you have a court order that allows you to speak to a child by telephone, then you should have access.
I have not had visitation or contact with my child in 4 months. I’m a school teacher not a criminal. Lawyers keep putting the hearing off. The exparte is illegal and claims aren’t even based on a threat of danger and it’s all lies and manipulation.
answered on Jan 23, 2024
You can either continue to try and discuss your case with your current attorney or hire a new one.
There was a ruling for the change in facts and circumstances. The plaintiff was arrested and wasn't able to go back home for over a year the defendant has paid the bills for the home. However the funds was not explain to the court that it was money stolen from the plaintiff.
answered on Jan 16, 2024
It would appear that these questions are inquiries you should make directly with your attorney. Because it would appear that you had an attorney who was representing you in this case.
It didn't matter how much evidence I had against the plaintiff or proof he was lying she specifically said she did not care and continue not to look at any of my evidence
answered on Jan 5, 2024
Unfortunately, sometimes judges don't listen to pro se litigants representing themselves. If you felt like the judge wasn't being unbiased, then my best advice would be to hire an attorney.
answered on Jan 2, 2024
You can file a case with the state for your arrears or hire a private attorney to file a contempt action. Those are your options.
answered on Jan 2, 2024
If the other parent is not spending any time with the child nor helping to take care of the child financially in any way, then yes, you can file for child abandonment.
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