Your current state is Virginia
I filed custody for my kids, and their absent dad said he works for a bank so he has more than enough legal help to fight and gets what he wants out of this custody case. Should I believe him? Do I need to get a lawyer as well?

answered on Feb 4, 2023
Some employers offer prepaid legal services as an employee benefit, however it is not likely that all banks offer this option.
Research seems to show volunteers can be GALS as a CASA but to be paid you must be a licensed mental health professional or lawyer. Are there other pathways to being a GAL?
My 10 year old daughter is asking this question cause she and her siblings want to spend more time at my house. I am her father and the other kids are 8,7 and 2.
I've been the only income for pretty much the whole 6 yr relationship. We have a 4yr old daughter. He's stayed home with her. And still refuses to get a job now that she's in headstart. And it's been nothing but emotional abuse and gaslighting. I have 3 son's from a... Read more »

answered on Feb 4, 2023
I suggest that your first action should be to schedule a private consultation with a local attorney experienced in family to learn about your options and the divorce and custody processes. Even if you then decide to try to go it in your own without an attorney, which is generally not recommended,... Read more »
This girl I know will be 18 in one year adoptive parents evicted her biological brother he is now homeless. They won’t give her her medication’s, she’s asked for them. She’s asked for counseling, but they take her to church instead, so she ran away to her soccer coaches house, her parents... Read more »
What can I do? What's a proper defense? Can anyone help me?
With his dad. She called the cops. She physically grabbed him and put him in her van. My sister in law opened the van door to help my grandson get out. My granddaughter advised cop she wanted to press charges. How much trouble is she in ?
The child was removed from her foster parents based on allegations found to be Unsubtantiated by the investigators. They were matched for adoption prior to her removal. When placed with them, she was identified as a child with Level 2 Trauma. Under their care she began to heal and progress in... Read more »

answered on Feb 3, 2023
Yes, she can take the phone but the kids should be allowed to talk to you ,
I was divorced in one county in Ohio, I live in another county in Ohio and my daughter lives in another county in Ohio different than the divorce and myself. She is in an abusive situation with her mom and her mom's family, including sexual abuse by her stepdad. I really need help and... Read more »

answered on Feb 3, 2023
You can file for an emergency custody order. Generally, your motion has to state the child is in imminent danger.
I moved from NY to TN, my husband is military. I didn’t have counsel, was pregnant at the time and was forced to agree to give up all holidays and an entire summer. I originally wanted the have alternate holidays and split summers. My daughter’s father doesn’t abide by the order to its... Read more »
They told me the took my rights.. I never went to court nor was I ever told of a court date
The father is not involved & has not been around to see the child in the child's life the 3 yrs hes been alive - paid no child support either
I have full custody of my son in Washington, his dad filed to petition for a parenting plan in Nevada since we've been here for 6 months, i don't want to stay, can I leave?
All of that and it doesn't help they are all narcissists. This is happening by her step-dad, mom and her mom's family. Being told that it's all her fault, telling her to pack her xxxx and get out, waiting an hour in the cold waiting for her mom's mom to pick her up. My daughter... Read more »
He's never been without his father and is so confused and sad/scared. I haven't even been able to see him for a week now.
I want to ask for a temporary order to have legal custody until the divorce is finalized. What do I have to attach to the document?

answered on Feb 2, 2023
Download a copy of MC 416 from the State Court Administrator's Office website. That will tell you all the information you need to submit.
She is always selling her pain pills getting too high off her Xanax, my cousin hardly ever eats due to her mom never buying grocery’s and I want to get my cousin help before she tried to run away or kill herself.
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