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answered on Apr 25, 2020
Hello. The answer to that is "it depends." This is a question better suited for an attorney who practices in the county where the child lives. I will say terminating a parent's rights is the ultimate action a court can take concerning a child and they do not do it without very strong... View More 
Wondering can I file for joint custody or visitation without involving child support. I take care of my son financially but not through the court system
answered on Apr 20, 2020
Hello. No. Child support must be addressed during the case. Best of luck!
Positive for marijuana, could I be allowed to be move out permanently considering I’m almost 18?
answered on Apr 15, 2020
Yes in this situation DHR would probably allow you to remain in the home where you are, as long as they all test negative, as part of a safety plan
Force me back home? I’ve been living with these people since February.
answered on Apr 15, 2020
Yes they can. Until you reach 18 you are considered the custody of your parents. If you refuse you can be charged as a juvenile and made to go home.
She works and the girls stay with their grandmother. Her husband got the girls for a 10 day visit and now refuses to let her come get them. His family keeps the girls while he works. Every member of his family has a history of drug abuse and felony theft. Is there any way she can get the children... View More
answered on Apr 12, 2020
Maybe. Because they are married he has just as much right to keep the kids as she does. However if drugs are involved you could probably file and ex parte emergency custody alleging the chrildren are in some kind of danger and imminent harm. You can obtain an emergency custody Order that way. Call... View More
Child’s father left when I was 7 weeks pregnant and child is almost 3, doesn’t know the father as he hasn’t been around the child. We live in Alabama and he lives in Tennessee, he recently took a trip to Florida but didn’t bother to ask to see our child. Hasn’t had contact in almost 6... View More
answered on Apr 11, 2020
Termination of parental rights is different for each county. And your question is confusing. You said first he hasn’t seen the child in three years and further down in the paragraph you state the last contact was six months ago. That’s a big difference when trying to terminate. If he’s seen... View More
I’m trying to contact someone that could help me out with my child support case. This has been ongoing since 2010 with my ex mother in law xxx she was granted temporary custody of my children until I got on my feet, but the children were never in her care. They were with me and my ex husband from... View More
answered on Apr 11, 2020
As long as there is an Order for support in place, you owe the money. You need to take her back to court to get it changed, however it will have to be done where the children reside. Wherever they are, file to domesticate the Alabama judgement and then petition to modify the child support. Sounds... View More
My daughter’s father and I have joint custody. He lives in another state. He has not contacted my daughter in 4 months. Before that it was 2 months. He has never paid his court appointed child support. He has not followed anything from the divorce papers that pertains to my daughter. My question... View More
answered on Apr 7, 2020
If he has gone for more than four months without providing any emotion, physical, financial or other support and has no contact with the child for that period you can file a petition to terminate his rights. You have the burden of proving that he has in fact abandoned the child within the meaning... View More
He has a violent history and I think he has no business having any part of our son's life. He has three different PFAs against him by three different women, he has 6 different Violation of Domestic Injunction charges, and 4 Domestic Battery charges. Is there anything I can do about this? Do I... View More
answered on Mar 31, 2020
It would be difficult. You don't say how long ago you went to Court. You also don't say what you did to learn of his past. If you could have learned about this stuff (if only you'd looked) you can't go back to Court and say I didn't know. It is critical to know how long ago... View More
She has requested to live with me instead. She feels uncomfortable with mom's new boyfriend and they just got engaged.
The child will be turning 16 in June. She is my granddaughter from my deceased son. Her mother is deceased as well, Feb. 5, 2014 and my son Nov.21, same year. The relatives on her mothers side is putting ideas in her head that she does not have to live with me when she turns 16. The child feels... View More
answered on Mar 30, 2020
In a word, no. You have custody until she is 19 years old. If they keep the child from you they are committing custodial interference. Tell them send the child back to you.
He was ordered to pay child support back in October, but has only paid one month so far. He keeps giving the court the wrong names of his employers on purpose to avoid payroll withholding. He only makes token attempts to talk to our son for only two minutes at a time every night. He calls at the... View More
answered on Mar 28, 2020
You can go back to Court and ask for your support. If he is a danger to the child, you must show that to the Court.
answered on Mar 12, 2020
Hello. They would need to go back to court and address custody and child support issues. Best of luck.
His ex wife gives him hell about their son he pays child support every month and we have him (by papers) every other weekend and every Wednesday. My bf works swing shift so on the Wednesday’s he is at work he’s not here. When he is on days we have him after school until as late at 10pm on... View More
answered on Mar 12, 2020
Hello. The move must be greater than 100 miles for that provision to trigger. A local attorney where the case is can give him a better answer to the marriage question. Best of luck!
At the time of their split if she has no job but can provide a place for them to live dan she get full custody?
answered on Mar 9, 2020
Hello. They are not married so when mom moves out after the breakup, she needs child support either via private attorney action or her filing it via DHR. Custody only becomes an issue before the court if dad makes it one. Best of luck!
answered on Mar 9, 2020
A petition to terminate your parental rights must be filed in the juvenile court. You would then file a consent. Be aware that such a termination does not make your back child support go away. Also, if the court believes that you just want to sign these rights away so you can avoid supporting the... View More
And my daughter is about to turn 2. I want to get her name changed.
answered on Mar 5, 2020
You will have to terminate his parental rights in the juvenile court.
answered on Mar 4, 2020
You can go anywhere you want to........ until he files for a divorce and demands you come back.
My husband has sole custody of his children and she has supervised visits through the county. She has not exercised her rights to see the kids since she lost custody. (Dhr took her to court) She has not seen her children in 1 year and 6 months. She violated her probation a year ago and left the... View More
answered on Mar 4, 2020
I'd have to know more facts to be able to express an opinion. However, you probably are ripe for a termination of parental rights petition. Call a lawyer in your area and do it now, before she re-establishes contact with the children.
She and the 2 kids moved in with her grandmother. She went to DHR and filed for child support and when she did he told her he was going to take the kids from her and she would never see them again. She is afraid now to let them go visit him in fear of him not giving them back to her. He smokes weed... View More
answered on Feb 24, 2020
Hello. Getting child support is a default award of custody in Alabama. She should be asking her case worker what all DHR will or will not help her with in terms of what to file for in this situation. If he files for custody, then she will need an attorney to handle the custody aspect of the case... View More
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