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1 Answer | Asked in Family Law, Civil Rights, Elder Law and Patents (Intellectual Property) for Louisiana on
Q: cost per year for a person being a curator for an interdicted person.

I am in need of a new curator to handle my money affairs as my present curator =daughter will not let me near my money=assets!

Who or what kind of company can take over this position? If a new curator can take over then about how much will this cost me the interdicted person?

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 20, 2021

A bank, CPA, relative or attorney can be appointed as your Curator. There is no set fee.

1 Answer | Asked in Family Law, Child Custody and Domestic Violence for Louisiana on
Q: I am 17, and I think I am going through domestic violence, what should I do?

I have been pulled by the hair and had my head slammed against the wall. I was beaten multiple times so one day I decided to runaway and ever since I ran away they haven't really put there hands on me but I get hurt emotionally a lot but I do not like showing it. What do I do and what happens... View More

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 19, 2021

You can call 911 and go into foster care and your relatives will have to go to court or you can put up with it until you turn 18

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law for Louisiana on
Q: Cruelty to a juvenile in shreveport louisiana and i need advice on what to do

There has been a bench warrant placed due to me conversing with court appointed attrny that i needed to reschedule due to me living out of louisiana and just gettign a job not able to take off when they have postponed this for almost a year

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 19, 2021

Bench warrant is for failure to appear, not due to a conversation. Your attoeney can file a Continuance.

2 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Louisiana on
Q: I am label as a felon but I never had a felon charge. What do I need to do in order to get this off my record

I went to get my twic card and they told me that I am a convicted felon but I never had a felon charge in my life. I was trying to see what steps do I need to take to get this off my record so that I can get the twic card

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 19, 2021

Any private investigator can run a background check for you.

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1 Answer | Asked in Family Law and Adoption for Louisiana on
Q: How do I go about having my parents formally adopt me?

I live in Louisiana but my parents live in Alabama. I'm 22. I am an orphan; my mom died in 2011, my dad in 2016. My stepmom took care of me until I turned 18 and a few months thereafter; then, I moved in with the people I now call my parents. They are extended family, but I've asked them... View More

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 18, 2021

If you were born in louisiana, the adoption can be done here and your birth certificate changed here.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Louisiana on
Q: My daughter turns 18 6 months before she graduates from high school. Doesnt child support have to continue?

He says he is going to send the checks directly to her and not to me anymore because she will be 18. But she will still be under my roof and under my care exclusively (she has been living with only me for 5 years).

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 16, 2021

He has to send the check to you UNTIL SHE GRADUATES OR TURNS 18 WHICHEVER COMES LAST, but not later than 19 and not if he can prove she doesn't live with you.

1 Answer | Asked in Family Law and Child Custody for Louisiana on
Q: Can I file contempt in a stipulated order
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 16, 2021

Yes a party can be held in contempt for violating a stipulated or considered judgment.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Custody for Louisiana on
Q: My ex was given joint custody with aggravated battery charges pending and has since plead guilty to them how is that ?
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 16, 2021

Hire a custody lawyer who can document his criminal ba kground and get some traction with it.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Custody and Family Law for Louisiana on
Q: Does the grandmother have any legal rights to my child if the father gives poa of hisself

To his mother . If she has poa over him how can she be removed from having any involvement in decisions with my child . The courts have already taken custody/temp guardianship from her that she obtained by false claims

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 16, 2021

He gave up his rights, not yours. Hire custody lawyer.

2 Answers | Asked in Domestic Violence for Louisiana on
Q: State is charging fiance with domestic abuse battery/child endangerment but there was no abuse what do we do?

My fiance called the police and they ended up arresting him for domestic abuse battery/child endangerment. I refused the statement and made it clear that he was not violent this time nor has he ever been, when I talked to the DA I stated the same thing and made it clear I did not want a protective... View More

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 16, 2021

He needs a criminal attorney.

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1 Answer | Asked in Family Law and Child Custody for Louisiana on
Q: Can a 17 yr adopt there younger siblings?that's in dcfs custody
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 16, 2021

No a minor can not.adopt another minor.

2 Answers | Asked in Child Custody for Louisiana on
Q: If the defendant in an exparte custody hearing has not been served, can the courts proceed?

I had sole custody of my 6 year old daughter. I was incarcerated for 3 months on a pretrial charge. no custody arrangements were made in the court system, only a verbal agreement with my brother that he would have her until I was released. The morning I was released, they refused to disclose my... View More

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 15, 2021

You need to hire a custody lawyer immediately.

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2 Answers | Asked in Family Law and Adoption for Louisiana on
Q: I received a letter from the clerk of court saying I was denied on a consent of judgment not sure what it means….
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 15, 2021

Without seeing the Judgment and the letter, your question cant be answered.

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1 Answer | Asked in Divorce, Child Custody and Child Support for Louisiana on
Q: how do i keep my children from leaving the state

my spouse and I want to divorce

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 14, 2021

Hire a divorce lawyer who can also file a restraining order.

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Domestic Violence for Louisiana on
Q: How do I sue someone who hit me with a weapon and caused bodily harm
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 14, 2021

File a claim with your justice of the peace.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Custody for Louisiana on
Q: My niece 15 lives with me, but her alcoholic mother refuses to give custody. I provide everything, mom spends SS check.

Niece was in abusive home with mother alcoholism, and mentally ill. Grandmother who is mentally, physically, and emotionally abusive! Brother who joins in the abuse. My niece was recently in mental hospital for trying to end her life. Self harm etc. Mom has provided alcohol, vapes, and has child as... View More

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 14, 2021

Let Mom cash the check. If you can prove abuse, hire an attorney and file for emergency custody now. If not, wait for Dec and hire an attorney and file for custody.

1 Answer | Asked in Family Law for Louisiana on
Q: It’s my first going to court for absences. What will they do?

I missed the last semester of my junior year because I was depressed and COVID made things change. I’m afraid the court made do something serious. So I’m curious as to what would they most likely do.

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 13, 2021

You need to enroll immediately and your guardian will have to explain why they allowed you to miss it in a Family in Need of Services Truancy proceeding in Juvenile Court.

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law for Louisiana on
Q: If a person finds money in a store is this theft

Money found in self check out tray.

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 13, 2021

An argument could be made that it was abandoned.

2 Answers | Asked in Adoption and Family Law for Louisiana on
Q: Can my husband adopt my 4 year old daughter without us having to contact/deal & legally involve biological dad?

my daughters biological dad is not on the birth certificate. he was not at the birth & wants nothing to do with my daughter. (i have messages & voice recordings to prove it). In her four years of life he has not once met her or tried to meet her. he has completely abonded her. my husband... View More

Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 12, 2021

The biological father still must be served.

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1 Answer | Asked in Family Law for Louisiana on
Q: In a stipulated judgment how many times does the non Castodial parent get drug tested before the judgement is changed .
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
answered on Aug 12, 2021

There is no finite number. It can be three to eighteen months.

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