answered on Apr 11, 2022
In most countries, when you turn 18 you are considered an adult and can therefore make your own decisions. In the US, 17 year olds are still considered minors and therefore, unless you are able to get "emancipated" then you have to obey your family. Once you turn 18, you can apply for a... Read more »
My listings and my clients have been on hold also checks for me. I worked one month with a suspended license until a client complained and that’s how I found out.
answered on Mar 28, 2022
Please discuss this with the family law attorney. You might qualify for a set aside due to the lack of notice/
A family law litigant may be able to obtain a set-aside of a default and a default judgment for support based on a lack of notice of the action. However, a successful set-aside... Read more »
We are divorcing because my wife wants her parents to live with us in one house, of course, I do not agree. Therefore we are splitting so that she can live with them.
My question now is: I am I have to pay alimony if my spouse lives with her parents?
By the way, she makes slightly... Read more »
answered on Feb 22, 2022
There are numerous statutory factors that go into the decision as to whether spousal support should be paid, in what amount and for what duration. If she is able to support herself and maintain the lifestyle to which the parties became accustomed during the marriage based solely on her own income,... Read more »
I am the respondent in a family court case. I represent myself. 2 years have passed since the case was filed. It is now on the dismissal docket notice for March. Last week I recieved an email with a change of attorney motion from the plaintiff. They said they need me to sign off on it cuz... Read more »
answered on Jan 28, 2022
You do not need to consent to the other party's motion to be relieved as counsel. As to your question regarding a dismissal, you have not provided enough information. The court does not ask parties if they want their case to be dismissed. It doesn't work that way. If you do want your... Read more »
On August 2021 I Got served for Child Support. I then missed all the mail that was sent to my home because I Had Moved Out for a few months for personal reasons. So without being aware , its turns out they had sent mail for me to apear in court On Dec 22nd for the 1st hearing . I was completely... Read more »
answered on Jan 27, 2022
Please discuss your case with an attorney. A modification may be retroactive at most, however, to the date of service of the notice of motion or order to show cause. There are neither equitable nor statutory grounds to modify child support before the date of filing of the motion, and the court may... Read more »
There is a open separation in the courts. The mother believes that I am not allowed physical custody of my children. The reason for the separation has nothing to do with the children. It’s issues between me and her with trust on both sides. But I want to make sure that as the separation goes... Read more »
answered on Nov 16, 2021
Generally speaking, both parents have equal rights to custody of their children. Courts favor parenting plans that give the children frequent and continuing contact with both parents. The exception would be a situation in which being with one (or both) parents poses a threat to the health, safety... Read more »
CA Divorce
9 years, 3 months marriage
2 minor children: 14, daughter; 11, son
Husband earns $48,000
Wife earns $95,000
Proposed order on child support is $636 to wife/mother. Husband is requesting spousal support from wife. She's staying in the home (4... Read more »
answered on Nov 5, 2021
Support is generally calculated using the gross incomes of the parties, and the visitation percentage. Other deductions from health insurance, union dues, mandatory retirement, etc. are also inputted. Expenses of the parties are not considered. Spousal support, temporarily (before final judgment)... Read more »
Single, solo dad here, Los Angeles, with full physical/legal custody of my son for more than five years now. Shortly after the other parent lost all custody rights years ago, she filed a child support claim from a different county, and collected thousands of dollars, with the County of L.A. CSD... Read more »
answered on Sep 27, 2021
more info is needed.
i would retain a lawyer in your area to make a motion to add to the calendar and then move to remove it from your record with the proper evidence.
Hired her 8-23-20 last day in court was in 10-06-20. When case finished, we hug and i thank her. Well 6 months later i started getting invoice for my case?? At first she just told me it was just a covid letter they sent to all of their clients. I inform her my case ended 6 months ago and i have... Read more »
answered on Sep 26, 2021
much more info is needed.
it sounds like the case is still alive if the lawyer is making a motion to be relieved as your attorney.......i assume that is what is happening and s/he is charging you to do that.
i would send a letter memorializing ALL the facts. if the facts warrant it,... Read more »
I was laid off last year and just a month ago I just got another job and I'm behind on payments child support how can I get help for them not suspend my license because I need it for transportation to work. My other question is my ex open child support on 2009 in on 2012 my oldest daughter... Read more »
answered on Sep 14, 2021
CSSD has a payback program so you can make payments on the arrears. You can also schedule a hearing for yourself on the issue of relief from getting your license suspended. I also recommend you seek a modification and for forgiveness of the debt incurred during the period your 12-year-old was... Read more »
Me and my son reside in riverside county and I work from home and have had him since birth. His father resides in la county and works full time and is barely home. Hardly sees his son only recently started after filing paperwork to take me to court .he wants to circumcise my son who is 10 months... Read more »
answered on Sep 10, 2021
Retain legal counsel. You need to make the right arguments, properly submit your evidence and properly cite the law in responding to the father's requests. A 50/50 schedule between two counties for a 10 month old is unlikely going to be seen by the judge as in the child's best interests.
We are one week on/off. He wants to pick her up even though his whole household tested positive. She is negative and I don’t want her to get sick. I told him I would give him back his time or use vacation days while I have her till his family gets a negative Covid test. He won’t have any of it... Read more »
answered on Aug 5, 2021
1. Try talking to the father again.
2. You may file a Request for Temporary Emergency (EX Parte) Orders and ask that no visitation to Father.
3. Depending on which county you live in you may consider filing a good cause report, but usually filing one requires immediate threat of... Read more »
The biological father is not on child support I'm not sure if I would be afforded the same luxury if we were to divorce later down to the line
Is there a way to figure this out?
answered on Aug 3, 2021
There's not enough information here to provide an answer to your question. You need to call an attorney directly and provide that attorney with yours and your spouse's income information and with your parenting plan
Was in an abusive relation for 22 years. August 2018, finally left. Agreed on $200 wk child support (even though he makes a lot of $ & I was stay @home mom.) By Sept, I hadn’t received anything from him. Filed paperwork through court. He found out & freaked out. He sent text msgs saying... Read more »
answered on Jul 26, 2021
you need a lawyer...............NOW.
preserve the messages, so you can present them to the court.
you want the court to make an order.
Most of us on the DV or Criminal section do not do family law.
I would encourage you to get a local lawyer or contact Legal Aid etc.
I paid 2,100 for my son's washington dc trip which was before corona started, but they only gave me a refund of 1,800 which was 300 less than what i even paid and said its for the processing fee??? Can i sue them?
I am paying child support and have been considered present less that 10% of the time. However, my child’s mother does not want to give my child to me. She only drops her off when convenient and will not give her to me even on my days off. Instead she drops them off at a caretaker and says my... Read more »
answered on Jul 19, 2021
Sounds like you are paying support without any enforceable court orders regarding custody. If you want custodial time with your child, you need to petition the court for those orders. Otherwise, Mom can pretty much do whatever she wants.
Recently my sons father contacted me for the first time after not having heard a word from him three years and wanted to see my son. Prior to this he had only seen him twice when my son was three and then went to prison for two years. Legal paternity has not been established nor is his name on my... Read more »
answered on Jun 20, 2021
You open with saying that no custody orders exist. If no custody orders exist then what the father is doing is not in violation of any court orders. That's why the police can't help you. File a parentage action and ask for sole legal and physical custody. Concurrently with your... Read more »
I was told my a child support DA that bill is no longer in effect. However...I am reading different through research.
answered on May 26, 2021
this is not so much a criminal/domestic violence question as it is a Family Law issue.
maybe repost with family law attorneys.
A default judgement was granted due to failure to appear and other extenuating circumstances. Children are still in my custody 50% of the time with me providing monetary support for them as well. Their mother insists on creating a permanent schedule though I currently have no legal right to the... Read more »
answered on May 20, 2021
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