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answered on Aug 10, 2020
You need to make a motion in your divorce case to preclude contact between him and the children.
Time and days are scheduled by the courts. What can I do?
I lost custody of my two children to CPS foster care earlier this year, and have recently discovered I am pregnant.. what are the chances I will get to keep this child? The living situation, and overall situation is completely different from before.
answered on Aug 6, 2020
Probably 50/50. If you lay low and don’t do anything to get on their radar and the other case is closed, your chaNecessary of keeping the baby go way up.
I was married and put on my child's birth certificate i am currently getting divorced. The child is not mine and her biological Dad is now back with her mom and wants a DNA test and rights to the child.
I'm being emotionally abused by my grandpa and I've been abused and abandoned by my parents I'm 16 and I just want to leave, my sister said she'd adopt me because she has a stable home and she's making good money she's 21, I've been abused my whole life and I just... View More 
He quit his job during divorce and has not had steady employment since, is supported by his mother, has been institutionalized for substance abuse but has sought treatment since, sends erratic, confusing, and occasionally abusive emails/texts.
I get my kids for one week she gets them for one week how is this possible
Primary. My daughter has told me she not allowed to go home and is sleeping at relatives because of his wife. Not wanting her there. I dont have the money for a lawyer and want to know if I'll be held contempt of court if I decided to keep her longer. Her father does not communicate and... View More
answered on Jul 26, 2020
Yes. You will be held in contempt if you withhold her or don’t follow the parenting order. Contact the local bar association or legal aid in your county. They maintain lists of reduced fee or pro bono lawyers.
They have joint custody and she lives with him and his new wife. They have a custody agreement filed in court with visitations spelled out. He isn't adhering to the visitations and she spends time with her mother once every month and a half for 2 days. Now I find out that he is threatening my... View More
answered on Jul 23, 2020
Yes. They are public record. Hire a family attorney and make a motion to hold him in contempt of court.
As we are currently still married.
Year but now doesn't want to live with either one of us. What do I do? I want her home with me.
I currently live with in-laws and have lived with them for several years by choice and because we all like living together. No one my household has ever been in trouble or had a CPS case against them. I complied with CPS the entire time and each time i did what they asked they always came up with... View More
answered on Jul 20, 2020
They can request you be ordered to do that but only the judge can order you to do it.
She was working & living with a friend, her legal guardian which is her older sister. doesn’t want her back home because they had an argument about her 16 year old sister crushing on her older sister boyfriend ( Which isn’t true ) she’s just insecure because the younger sister is... View More
answered on Jul 14, 2020
I would like to answer your question, but the way it is put does not compute. If the guardian put her out, it makes no sense that she would file run away charges to get her back. It may be that you do not know the whole story, but only your cousin's explanation. Since she is considered a... View More
The case has been dismissed in Tx. my ex and I wrote out a modification and submitted to the court in Tx it’s states that I have our daughter with me here in Ky and he does not pay child support
answered on Jun 30, 2020
If no other actions are pending Kentucky should be the home state for the child and you should file the agreement here.
My daughter's mother has many CPS cases against her (not sure why, have been in contact many times with CPS, but no answers yet). She was forced to sign custody of her 4 children (including my daughter) over to her 82 year old grandma. I didn't know this until a family friend informed me.... View More
answered on Jun 25, 2020
File a petition for custody against both mom and grandma in the circuit court of the county in which you live or the child resides.
Okay, so the parent that has custody of the child, and receives child support from the other parent already, and child receives disability. I know if the child is put in theraputic foster care the state takes the child support and disability they already receive, does the custodial parent have to... View More
answered on Jun 22, 2020
Generally, both parents would have to contribute if the child is out of their custody.
My 16 year old daughter is living with her 70 year old grandparents. She is here in ohio on summer vacation. She does not want to return to ky. She threatens to run away to be close to her sister and myself what are the consequences of me keeping her with me in ohio
answered on Jun 22, 2020
You’ll likely be held in contempt and ordered to return the child. You should file a motion in the Kentucky Court to modify parenting time and do it the right way if you want to have any chance of her staying in Zovirax.
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