CPS generally has to offer reasonable efforts at reunification and to preserve the family. In some situations, there is a determination that no contact is in the children's best interests (this is relatively rare). If you children have been removed by CPS, you should hire an attorney or... View More

The Child Support Office is limited in what information they can provide to the custodial parent. You can send an income withholding to an employer on your own. You are not required to have child support send the income withholding. It is not uncommon for family law attorneys to do so. You... View More

The best protection would be to become the child's legal mother by adopting her through a step-parent adoption action. You would need to have the biological mother's parental rights terminated, which is a very high bar and would require a contested court action if the biological mother... View More

As long as the person is competent, they get to make their own decisions. If the person becomes incompetent, then the person set forth in their power of attorney would get to make legal decisions for them. If these documents aren't in place, then the person who wants to become the legal... View More

The statute of limitations to establish paternity is 4 years old for a private party but 18 years old for the State. Once the state brings a paternity action, then the father can ask for custody and parenting time. Thus, there are many cases where a father is granted parenting time (and sometimes... View More

If the State has grounds to remove a child, the State generally gets a say in the placement of the child. This is true even if a parent signs a temporary delegation to someone else in the same time period. If there is an actual court order of guardianship, then this is different. Then generally... View More

If there is a court order granting a parent specific parenting time, then the Court generally expects that the parties will follow the court order. Whether a parent will be found in contempt for violating this order when an older teenager does not want to follow the court order depends on a lot of... View More

If the parents can't agree on what the custody and/or parenting time with the child should be, then a parent may need to file a custody action. Within the custody action, the Court can enter a temporary order stating forth each parent's time with the child. If one parent claims the... View More

You shouldn't post such specific info on a general posting board like this. You should take your question down and contact an attorney that practices in Scotts Bluff County regularly.

How to track this down depends on what what type of funds you believe were left to you. For example, life insurance proceeds are transferred in a different manner than cash in a bank account. If you believe there may be social security dependent benefits owed to you, you may want to go to your... View More

If the parents are generally on the same page as to what the parenting time should look like when they separate, then mediation can be a really good tool to come up with a parenting plan. The parenting plan could then be incorporated into a custody order. This way, the parties both have something... View More

A father can file an action to have paternity legally established. If the Court grants the request, the Court could award the father custody or at least parenting time. The Court would likely also address the financial issues. This would likely include child support. child care expenses, and who... View More

Generally for a non-parent to gain custody of a child, the person has to show that not only that they are the real or better parent but that the legal parent is unfit. A parent's rights are protected by the Constitution and parental unfitness is a high standard. If the biological parents... View More

Violations of protection orders can be reported to law enforcement. It is a crime to violate a protection order.

Generally, a court isn't going to award a father any court-ordered parenting time with their child until paternity has been legally established. The statute of limitations for a private party to establish paternity is 4 years. Thus, if the child is over 4 years old and paternity has not been... View More

Did Child Support Services assist you with establishing the child support order? If so, they will likely assist you with terminating the order. However, if you are receiving public assistance, he will likely need to show that the father has moved back into the public assistance household or they... View More

Once the child is an adult, the custody order regarding exemptions and the child care tax credit generally no longer governs. You would likely need to talk to your tax professional to see what you would need to do to qualify to claim another adult as a dependent.

If there is no involvement from child protective services or a similar organization and no one is objecting to the adoption, then it is generally just a matter of completing the paperwork and the formalities for the adoption to go through.

To ask for the custody order to be modified, the general process is to file a Complaint to Modify to ask for the change in custody. You have to state a material change in circumstances that show why the change in custody is in the minor child's best interests.

Nebraska DHHS has a general policy that they will follow recommendations of a children's therapist with regard to visitation, but generally to suspend visitation requires a court order. You mentioned having an open case - this means you likely have a court-appointed attorney. You should talk... View More