Assuming that the ex girlfriend if your niece's mother, what she says goes.

The child needs a suitable place to sleep. Whether the office / spare room is suitable is a question of fact. From what you're telling us, and unless the parenting time order specifies something, I don't see how your setup would be "illegal".

Unless there is a legal termination of parental rights, there is no such thing as permanent custody. Once a custody order is in place, it takes clear and convincing evidence of a change of circumstance or substantial cause to change it, but it can always be changed.

Right now, it sounds... View More

Without a court order, likely no. Mom would be free to bring your son to the grandparents on her time as she sees fit. You could seek a court order preventing that, but unless she were willing to stipulate to such an order, you better be prepared to convince a judge that seeing the grandparents is... View More

First, if it's a custody case, did you hire an experienced family law attorney to represent your interest? If not, do so, as custody matters can be and generally are complex. I don't know where you're located, so it's difficult to advise you of the policies and practices of the... View More

I see three main variables I'd need answers to before even attempting a suitable answer. 1) how long is Mom incarcerated for? 2) Is your father half-sister's legal father? And if so, is there a custody order? 3) what is the extent of your relationship to the half-sister compared to these... View More

Certainly, he can. The action would be filed in the jurisdiction the child resides in - which apparently is somewhere here in Michigan. As such, Michigan law would apply.

Unless there are some fairly unusual circumstances going on, the father in this case has the law on his side. Grandparents would likely be the only people with standing to even approach the court, but even then, they would need to show a substantial harm to the child with not allowing visitation -... View More

Short, to the point, answer: you'll need to motion the court to terminate or modify the PPO, and consider filing a divorce complaint. Those are two, distinct, processes.

A decent chance, although estimating chances in legal proceedings is an inexact science simply because it's a lot more than just you're better able to provide for the children with this promotion out of state (event A) and he is still unemployed (event B). Events C-Z can be just as... View More

Nothing to terminate. You legally are not the child's parent until you've been determined to be the biological father. Without being the legally determined father, you have no rights to see the child or pay support for the child, unless, for some reason, there is already a child support... View More

If there is no court order naming you as the father, then A does not apply. An Order of Filiation is an order that names an individual as the biological father. So B applies. Just indicate that you are seeking DNA testing to establish paternity of a child you believe is or is not your child.

If your Judgment does not provide that you're to give the information to her, I don't believe you are required to do so. However, as a courtesy there should be no problem in providing her with the information so she knows where to contact her child should the need arise.

Do about what?

As long as there are no court orders in place, I don't know why you couldn't have your daughter return home. Is there, or was there, protective services involvement? Does your daughter want to come home? Is there a guardianship in place?

No

The answer is no.

While there might not be a court reporter, there more than likely was a video recording if there was an official court hearing.

As to the other 2 questions, there is not enough information.

You can't

The question is what harm has been caused by giving only a week's notice? Does it have to do with parenting time? Was the move out of state and, if so, was permission to move out of state granted by the court? Was the move more than 100 miles from the residence of the minor child(ren)? How... View More