You can apply for a court appointed lawyer and if you meet the requirements for one the court should appoint another court appointed lawyer. You can call the local clerks office or the judge's judicial assistant and ask them what their procedure for this is.

If you are saying that you want to move to New York with the child, that doesn't sound like a good idea and can be the basis for legal action against you. You should consult a family law attorney in your area.

The court in New York would have jurisdiction, assuming that the child had been in New York for at least six months when the child's father filed there. It's where a complaint seeking custody was first filed, not whether you were served, that matters. If you subsequently file in... View More

Mental abuse can be qualified as substantial change. The key is that you need to have evidence. Once you do, find an attorney.

Has he tried one of the many online "find a person" resources?

Unless the court has given you temporary custody pending the hearing (in the TRO, for example), no, she is not required to return the child to you.

If she and you are not married, I don't believe you are likely to be awarded the house in the context of a custody case. You would have... View More

Are they divorced? Is there any parental plan agreement? if there is one, the father can go to court to apply for a court order to enforce the agreement. If there is not, the father should also go to court to ask for an order to enforce visitation.

I'm amused by your description of old fashioned copulation. Whether an agreement to waive paternal rights may or may not hold up in court.

And, as to the paperwork being signed by a same-sex couple, I assume both partners are women, one of them being the birth mother and the other... View More

If the guardianship was approved by a court in Kentucky, you would probably need to apply to that court. Or, if the guardianship was ordered by a Florida court, file a motion in the Florida court.

I do not think so. A shelter hearing should be held within 24 hours where judge find the justification for the sheltering.

You need to ask the court to give you custody. But if, in the court proceeding, he establishes paternity, he might very well be awarded custody.

Contact the judge's assistant and ask if you need to schedule a hearing or, alternatively, if the judge will rule on your supplemental petition without a hearing.

" Evidence that shows I was in the sole or joint legal and physical custody of my US citizen parent pursuant to lawful admission for permanent residence such as a custody decree or the death certificate of my non-US citizen parent. "

You may consider sworn legal notarized... View More

He's probably going to have to file three suits for visitation, each suit where each child lives.

If the guardian was appointed by a Florida court the guardian needs to ask this question to the judge.

In a Divorce process, when a parenting plan is established, it is typically done for the duration of the child's minority and it is a plan that can be used from year to year. The Court will not keep a case open so you and the other parent can be changing the plan every few months. A parenting... View More

If he has not been adjudicated the Father by a Court, he has no legal right to have timesharing with the child. He will have to file a Petition for Paternity in Court to be adjudicated the Father and request timesharing. At that point, you could present your evidence and witnesses regarding his... View More

You should file a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage and request that the Court sets a timesharing with your daughters and their mother and establishes child support.

DISCLAIMER: The answer provided here do not constitute legal advice. Any statements made are based on the limited facts... View More

Florida is a no fault state so there are no longer required grounds to get a divorce. I recommend filing for divorce and seeking child support (if applicable) and alimony (if applicable).

I can read this incident another way: Perhaps your husband brought a cop with him when wanted to give his children something--at a time he knew you would not be there--just to be sure you could not renew your outdated domestic battery retraining order. He probably also wanted to avoid a nasty scene... View More