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My husbands daughter, 11, is attending school in our district this year. Last year we did all of the transfer paperwork stating she lived with us but she never got to start due to COVID. This year her mother did all of the paperwork and is wanting my husband to sign a paper From the school board... View More 
answered on Aug 31, 2020
You need to hire a custody lawyer to review the facts and finalize custody.
My kids paternal aunt just doesn’t like me& has repetitively&continuously been calling child services making false reports of abuse or neglect since 2018 July 2019 after a long battle with child services I was granted custody of my children Dad visits every other Saturday. July 2019 to... View More
answered on Aug 29, 2020
You need to quarantine for 2 weeks and get 2 negative covid tests. Then hire a custody lawyer.
They picked him up on a traffic stop in Louisiana. What should we do. They asked he was on the run from them and his Bond it's too much
I'm sorry I didn't put that my son lived with me and my husband for 9 years, my son father and I never married. My son father who lives not far away is who I'm referring to not my husband. My husband is the caretaker.
my son has been in my husband and my care for 9 years as he is 9 and will be 10 in 2 months. I decided to put the father on child supp as I feel we make an agreement the biological father can not keep when i ask for help or to get him home for school the next day. I been keeping my son home with me... View More
answered on Aug 26, 2020
It sounds like you may need a divorce and custody judgment. Hire a divonce lawyer.
If you give him visitation before you get a custody judgment, he doesn't have to return him.
My wife has 3 boys by her ex husband and her ex brought her to court in Allen parish but neither of them live in Allen. He lives in Vernon and she lived in Rapides parish at the time. This happened a few years ago and we are trying to find out what we can do to get custody of the boys back to her.... View More
answered on Aug 23, 2020
Hire a custody lawyer. If they original custody was in Allen Parish, then yes Allen had jurisdiction.
I have 3 children one of which is now 19 and has lived with me solely for the last 3 years. I have consistently paid child support for last 7 years of 860.00 a month as well as 70 percent of all bills. They are with me 4 nights out of the week. At this time I am still paying child support on my... View More
answered on Aug 22, 2020
You mention 19 year old who is now irrelevant to child support. You mention 14 year old 4/7 nights with you. You don't mentuin the 3d child or your gross income or the other parents income. You also don't mention who carries health insurance or tuition. Call a custody lawyer to have... View More
We share custody; 50/50 with no parent named domicile (court agreement). Father moving to Georgia; wants to keep custody arrangement. Assuming because he doesn't want to pay child support. Currently no child support is paid.
answered on Aug 21, 2020
Fiance doesn't get visitation or custodial rights. Hire a custody lawyer to modify custody and seek child support.
So I turn 18 on August 28 and I left my dad house because me and my brother got into a huge fight. This happens constantly and I’m sick of it. We all argue upon each other. So I called my aunt to pick me up. We had talked. So i told her that it’s best for me to stay down here because I have... View More
I have joint custody of my daughter and I’m the custodial parent. (Father) Her mother has been in rehab and messed up on drugs. She has just recently popped back up and now want to have her weekends in Arkansas. Before she was living in Texas with her parents.
answered on Aug 14, 2020
The non-custodial parent can move without notice. However, if you reasonably believe that the reintroduction to her child has to be gradual or that her sobriety needs to be proven and visitation needs to be supervised until her sobriety stands the test of time, then hire a custody lawyer to file... View More
I've been raising him and supporting him myself his whole life. His mother has only been in his life when its convenient for her and it's been the better part of a year since shes even tried to contact him. She has a very serious drudgery addiction. I have sole custody of my youngest son... View More
answered on Aug 12, 2020
Your lawyer can file for sole custody ND supervised visitation or your wife can file for adoption.
I have sole custody of my 10 year old and joint with my 12 year old. Their mother has never helped to support them and hasnt tried contacting them in well over a year. I would like to let my wife adopt them since she has been with them since my oldest son is 3.
answered on Aug 12, 2020
If your sons agree, you can hire an adoption lawyer to accomplish this.
we had her since she was born she has not sent the food stamp card or anything and she in texas meaning she been lying about her living in texas since she was born but she been on louisiana since she was born. Now she says get a lawyer cuz she want her daughter she put a block on her social... View More
My son has also been living with me since October 2019
My boyfriend got a copy of his custody agreement from Louisiana. It does not state custody times or when he gets to see his son. Just joint custody with visitation in favor of the father. His ex has been making him do supervised visits and alienating him. We just want to know if this means he can... View More
answered on Aug 9, 2020
It does not mean it has to be supervised. However he is at her mercy for frequency and duration. He needs to hire a custody lawyer.
I haven't seen my kids in over two months or talk to them their mother changed my daughter's number and blocked me from her phone and I have no way to contact my son or daughter and she said I can't see or talk to until I start paying child support again
answered on Aug 8, 2020
NO! Child support and visitation completely unrelated. Hire a custody lawyer
I have been raising my niece since she was 2months old without any assistance from my brother (her father) or mother. Occasionally, her mother comes around and then disappears again, my brother comes around but interacts with her more like an Uncle then her dad. I want to be able to provide... View More
can i do that?
answered on Aug 8, 2020
Your mother can hire a custody lawyer to modify custody.
My brother girlfriend died in March, he’s not on his kids birth certificates but he has the kids and I’m helping him. How do I go about legally adopting them or help him get full custody (either one would work for us)
answered on Aug 5, 2020
He needs to hire a custody lawyer to file for filiation, custody and possibly tutorship, if there is a social security claim or life insurance involved.
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