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This will be the only evidence I will have.
answered on Aug 25, 2020
Yes as long as one person knows they are being recorded in the conversation you are fine.
answered on Aug 24, 2020
No. This is the question I get asked the most because everyone thinks there is. They are allowed to testify in a court proceeding to tell the judge their desired wishes, but it is ultimately up to the judge and the best interest of the child. And unfortunately that sometimes goes against the... View More 
My take home pay is $300 wk. Do I qualify for a modification?
answered on Aug 21, 2020
If the child is an adult you cannot modify past due support unfortunately.
Tried to get warrant gone but there not taking me because of pandemic. Driver license
answered on Aug 20, 2020
You need to be more specific with your question. What kind of license are you trying to get?
He has had a dramatic increase in wages so that’s why I went back to court. But now he got his wife pregnant in hopes to lower support being paid.
We have an order that states the visiting mother is allowed telephone visitations in accordance to the Standard Custody and Visitation Order with the exception that all calls should be on speakerphone. The children do not want to call and the mother is constantly texting and calling. I have her... View More
answered on Aug 20, 2020
If she was granted telephone contact, You should let them talk once per night before going to bed. For Example 7:00 p.m.
Divorce lawyer said $4,000 retainer fee was more than enough. Court hearings were put on hold for months during coronavirus, yet the lawyer kept racking up the bill somehow and now says I owe $6,000 more. Is this legal? Can the charges rack up even when everything was closed?
Is this legal
answered on Aug 19, 2020
No, as his spouse, you are the next of kin. Ask her to give it back, or you will file a police report. Good luck.
I can't afford a lawyer or even to file the papers. I am on ssi and need every penny I get to pay my rent and other monthly bills. I just want to be done with him. I have his namr and address. I just don't know what to do.
answered on Aug 19, 2020
Some lawyers do pro bono work and will do it for free, but they cannot pay the filing fee for you. Most countries is between 200- to 300 dollars. However, you can fill out an affidavit of hardship to possibly waive the filing fee. Good luck
Rent the lot it was already on but a different person owns the lot. Well the person I bought my mobile home from left his camper trailer on the lot I am renting and everytime I ask him about having it moved he lies to me and tells me hes going to have it moved the following week. Well everytime... View More
answered on Aug 18, 2020
You have no rights to the camper. However you do have rights to the lot it’s on since you are paying rent. Start charging him rent for every day it’s left therez
We don’t have court ordered anything All we hav is child support ordered in court from 2009 . His father wants my address He hasn’t called or seen his son in over two years or paid child support and keeps saying I hav to tell him where I live please help me
answered on Aug 17, 2020
Yes you do. Under the Alabama Parent Child Relocation Act you are required to provide an address of where you are living. Also if a person doesn’t pay child support, it is no reason to deny them the right to see the child. Just so you know. But without a court order or a filed agreement stating... View More
Ok in 2016 I moved into my Dad’s trailer on his land which is in my dead step-mother’s name. My Dad said, This is your land now. But how is it my land if I don’t have a deed? I do pay the property tax’s on it. I hope you can help me answer my questions, I can’t stay in a run down trailer... View More
answered on Aug 15, 2020
Did your step mother have a Will leaving everything to your Dad? If she did then you can get a deed. If not, then it goes to her next of kin and 50% to your Dad. Her next of kin will be her children and if there are no children then her parents and if no parents then her brothers or sisters.... View More
My friend has 2 kids from his previous marriage. They are currently 18 and 20. He divorced the mom when the youngest was about 3. In the divorce decree he was granted joint custody and actively help raise his kids over the years.. At one point he even had full physical custody of his son. About 3... View More
answered on Aug 15, 2020
None. If child support was ordered and he didn’t pay it, he owes it to her. There is nothing he can do.
Do the grandchildren take equally of his estate?
answered on Aug 14, 2020
Yes. But it will need to be probated to obtain deeds to the property.
After me raising my kids for 14 years my ex husband got remarried and completely brain washed my 2 oldest kids they took me to court and he got custody cause the were 14, my youngest never wanted to leave home. Now a year later one of my oldest and my youngest are coming back home. He wants to... View More
answered on Aug 12, 2020
Yes as long as one of you know it’s being recorded. But a third party can’t record a conversation between two people when they are not a party to the conversation.
answered on Aug 12, 2020
No. It’s not based upon who makes the most. It’s based upon yours and his combined income and a percentage of the amount of child support proportionate each of your incomes. If he is unable to work, then the child support can be continued until he is back able. If he is unemployed you can still... View More
Several years ago, her father tricked her mother into signing over full custody. She is now 18 and has reached out to the mother and I and is wanting to move out of her father's house and move in with us. We are willing to take her in but her father keeps telling her that she cannot move out... View More
answered on Aug 9, 2020
If she’s 18 she can live where she wants to. They can’t charge her and no court is going to make her go home if she doesn’t want to.
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