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Exboyfriend 3 children together. On all BCs. They are now 20 yro m 17 yro m & 16 yro f. Up until the ages of 9, 6, & 5, my current husband and I were allowing him to have visits evry other wknd. He disappeared due to drug use. From that point 10 yrs ago until 4 months ago he had no... View More 
My recently turned 18 year old step daughter wants to spend one more day per week with her dad and I instead of with her birth mom. There are no mentions in the separation agreement about what age the children will no longer be subject to the parenting plan. Local attorney says we're fine... View More
My step kids mum wants her to be logged into her personal messenger account on her phone so step daughter gets her mum's personal Facebook messages. No idea why she would want her child to see her messages between her and her boyfriend and friends. We periodically monitor step daughters phone... View More
I need to also know what counts as emotional abuse in my state.
If I voluntary put myself on child support and haven't spoken nor seen my child over five years plus contact the other parent every week to speak to our child and she/he doesn't answer and just want to just collect child support payments without having to co-parenting; Am I able to... View More
answered on Jan 17, 2025
You aren't able to just cancel a child support order once you petition the court for one. Only the court can dismiss an order of support and that typically happens when the child has aged out of child support, been adopted, or if it is determined you are not the biological father. You are... View More
If I voluntary put myself on child support and haven't spoken nor seen my child over five years plus contact the other parent every week to speak to our child and she/he doesn't answer and just want to just collect child support payments without having to co-parenting; Am I able to... View More
If I voluntary put myself on child support and haven't spoken nor seen my child over five years plus contact the other parent every week to speak to our child and she/he doesn't answer and just want to just collect child support payments without having to co-parenting; Am I able to... View More
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answered on Jan 17, 2025
No, you can't just terminate child support. If you want timesharing, consult with an attorney about filing and requesting timesharing.
I am a mother of a 6 month old daughter. We live with her father but things aren’t working. We live on the Alabama/ Georgia border, about 5 minutes into Forney, Alabama. I want to leave. I’m not happy and I have no money and no bank account. I have family in Rome,Ga. It’s only 24 miles away... View More
If not what should I do? She is threatening to take other routes if I am refusing her to do the interview even without giving details of the concern.
Ex wife never got me removed off title of her vehicle after being divorced for 3 1/2 yos. She got the vehicle repoed in October 2024 due to no payment and a second vehicle repoed in December of 2024. She has not made any attempts to make payments and now has asked me for 2 separate down payment... View More
answered on Jan 17, 2025
If wife was ordered to take care of the debt related to the vehicle, then that remains true even now, but unfortunately is only binding upon the two of you. It is not binding upon the creditor who can pursue either of you if you were both on the loan. One option that you have is to file a petition... View More
Can I relocate if I wanted to? Do I have to file a petition to relocate? Do I or should I file for custody?
answered on Jan 16, 2025
Unless you have been to court, even for child support, you are in control as the mother. You can move wherever you like; however, if the father has been exercising timesharing, he may go to court to try and make you stay. Speak with a local family lawyer for more specific advice.
I asked if they had something showing that they can legally take custody of my kids and they respond with no they don't have to have something showing that they can legally take my kids because they have verbal permission from the judge over the phone and said that's all they need now.
My son is twelve years old and has expressed he wants to visit. Mom thinks he might have the flu. I can take care of him just as much as mom can, but mom says she doesn't want him to see me because he's sick. Nowhere in our joint custody orders does it state mom can do this. Is it okay... View More
I am keeping them from him when they just went with him last weekend. I told him that we have plans this weekend and they were just with him. We are in the middle of a custody case and I'm looking for a lawyer but we have been doing every other weekend even tho we don't a set schedule. I... View More
I let father take them for a few days,now he will not give them back and has said something about akinship care giver.what is my legs
so the father of my kids has never paid any type of child support or even tried to see my kids but he has been paying child support to he's other kids but when i asked child support about what happened to my case they said that they closed my case cuz the place where he works at said he had... View More
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answered on Jan 16, 2025
You can absolutely pursue legal action against the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) if they failed to properly investigate or handle your case. Their responsibility includes verifying information and taking appropriate steps to collect child support, and it seems they may have accepted... View More
They are now attempting to get fees for the private investigator he hired to surveil me. I cannot afford to continue to pay this garnishment. I am a single mother of 4 and a public elementary school teacher.
answered on Jan 17, 2025
In order for there to be a garnishment there must be an order that was entered against you requiring you to pay those fees. Once there is an order for you to pay, there are post-judgment collections that the party who is owed money can exercise and garnishment of wages and bank accounts fall under... View More
I'm scheduled to have my son on holiday starting at 5pm on Friday, school ends before that. It's my co-parent's regular parenting time weekend, so she would usually pick up our son from school. However, it is my holiday weekend. Does this mean I can pick up our son from school before... View More
answered on Jan 15, 2025
Look at your holiday provision. They usually say something about holiday provisions supercedes the regular parenting time schedule.
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