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she says things like she wish i was never born accuses me of being with older men and right now she is trying to send me to a mental hospital so they can give me medicine and so i can be out the house, i wanna run away to my grandmas house we already have a case against her
answered on Nov 28, 2020
Your Grandmother can hire a lawyer and file for custody. If you run away, you can be picked up and put in Florida Parishes.
My fourteen-year-old son lives with his grandmother which is the father's mother and has lived there since birth and now at 14 wants to live with me the mother and the father stepped in and said no which I don't see how does he have the right to say no that my son can't live with me... View More 
answered on Nov 25, 2020
Hire a custody lawyer. A 14 year old has some say, but not the only say in where he lives.
My sister is due to give birth in 3 weeks and has been doing illegal substances the entire pregnancy and has been violent to others and self harmed and is homeless and has another child less than 2 years old in the states care i cant have children of my own and i am the only family member with the... View More
answered on Nov 22, 2020
You need to have an attorney involved as soon as possible, so that pleadings will be ready to file as soon as the child is born. Speak with an attorney who handles custody and family law matters. Good luck.
Dad isn't supposed to get him unless his living arrangements are stable. However the dad took the kid from me. My mom still has legal custody but won't help me get him from dad.
answered on Nov 21, 2020
Then hire a untidy lawyer, get 3 months of clean monitored drug tests and get him back.
She is in an abusive home with her dad and stepmom, but her dad has a lot of money. Like a lot. She says that on her 18th birthday she is going to leave to live with her mom and her dad told her that if she left then he would have her and her mother arrested. Legally, can he do that? She is still a... View More
answered on Nov 20, 2020
Technically, if a child leaves home at 17, she cannot be arrested. However, her father could file to have her adjudicated as a delinquent. At 18, she is a legal adult and can live wherever she wants.
My husband is $10K behind on his son from a previous relationship. I am looking to see how this will affect the out come of how much custody he receives of our son we have together and the current divorce.
answered on Nov 20, 2020
Unfortunately, your child suppoet is in line behind his previous child support order. But it does not affect custody of yiur child.
I have a private attorney, and when I told him that I didn’t see the arrears, he told me I will automatically get it. I don’t think that’s true.
answered on Nov 18, 2020
If it says it is retroactive to the date of filing, then he included it. If it doesn't, then he goofed.
answered on Nov 18, 2020
Can't tell how Grandma got your daughter, whether it was ex parte or in juvenile court. Hire a custody lawyer.
We never got to go to court for child support but after I got married I have wanted to sue him for the support he never provided and money he made me lose. I also want to terminate his rights. Him threatening me and harassing me I stopped talking to him unless it was about our daughter. He... View More
answered on Nov 18, 2020
You won't be completely done with him unless you marry someone and your new husband adopts.
Hire a child support lawyer to pursue him for child support.
My son lives in Louisiana and his dad has had custody for the past year. He is 18 and no longer wants to live with his dad. He has dropped out of highschool. Can my son legally just leave or do we have to go back to court?
answered on Nov 7, 2020
Over 18 and not in high school:
1) He can live where ever he likes.
2) No child support due for him unless he enrolls in Hi-Set before he turns 19.
3) If he is in high school or Hi-Set and lives on his own, then child support for him owed to son, not father.
4) If... View More
We have only been to child support court my daughter has lived with her mother but now lives with her father and she doesn't want to go to moms house anymore can she be forced to visit her mother
answered on Nov 7, 2020
Show the last custody judgment to a lawyer. If you have no judgment, hire a lawyer to get one.
What to do cause she wants to runaway from there house cause
To er they sent him to psychiatric hosp . he doesnt want me to tell his dad. Do i legally have to tell his dad anything? Hes supposed to be with his dad so his dad wants to know where he is. He called the er and told him he wasnt there. I dont know what to do and this is time sensitive. I want to... View More
But they said cause they just got evicted when we had whole hostage situation and cudnt serve, she instead went & got thier lawyer to bail him out didnt talk to nobody and left her baby wit me for two month I had to call and make a missing persons because she never checked in even when I told... View More
answered on Nov 3, 2020
I don't understand what you're asking, but from what I can understand, you are caring for a child who would be placed in danger if returned to the parents. I strongly suggest you contact an attorney who handles custody matters to advise you on what steps you can take to keep custody and... View More
I have videos and pictures can get the numerous police reports I have text messages she leave her 2 yr old sleeping alone while she chases after dad she says she is evil. I keep her 85% of the time or more just to try keep her safe but I have to be controlled by their drug fueled rages & she is... View More
answered on Nov 2, 2020
1) Call 911 and ask for child protective services.
2) Vote.
while the other parent lives in a different school zone. Both parents equally share custody no domiciliary named. What could the parent in the other school zone do to get the order changed? Does homelessness (couch surfing of their own volition) count as endangering the child?
answered on Nov 2, 2020
Depending on your Judicial district you can either attempt to obtain a custody modification or enter a consent through the courts Hearing officers or Judge.
My daughter and her husband back and fourth I have baby 80% time only when it’s convienent or to hurt me they want her but she has been through all this with them drug bust weed smoke in cars with her no immuzations but has Medicaid I’m scared with covid they send her wit anybody for how ever... View More
answered on Nov 2, 2020
You will need to contact an attorney, Grandparent rights to custody can become tricky as the parents often are given deference by the court.
He wants visitation rights and a divorce
answered on Oct 31, 2020
He needs to hire a divorce attorney to get divorce and custody.
struggles with addiction. Can this be done with out a lawyer or him having to be served?
answered on Oct 30, 2020
A mediatior can do it by Zoom, prepare the pleading and file it.
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