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What kind of rights does my child's father have being we were never married but he is on her birth certificate in the state of louisiana
answered on Mar 31, 2021
His rights are the same as yours. Your rights and his can be specified by both of you with a mediator or by one of you filing for specified rights with an attorney.
When we got divorced in 2018 he was in prison since then he has never portioned the court for visitation and has never payed a cent since they were born we were legally separated in 2015. Can I strip him of his rights? Since 2018 he has been in and out of jail multiple times and is a felon. This... View More 
answered on Mar 25, 2021
This question comes up so frequently... Even lousy father's cannot be stripped of their parental rights if there is no new father to step into their shoes, i.e. you got subsequently got married. The public policy behind it is that even a lousy father is better than no father.
Do the cop's have the right to search my mom's house. There is not any address ties to to her kid's nor my brother.
answered on Mar 25, 2021
It is not a search warrant. But your mother can be prosecuted if she shelters the children.
The granddaughter's mother has allowed a male friend move into the home, and both of them are using drugs. The 16 year old is being verbally abused, at times the house has utilities disconnected and she would like to leave and live with her father. There is not a custody order in place. Can... View More
answered on Mar 24, 2021
If there is no custody judgment, then yiur son can hire a custody lawyer, remove your grandchild and the lawyer will file an ex parte custody petition.
I've paid in too much Child Support and my children live with me. How do I close case & get payments back?
answered on Mar 22, 2021
1) You won't get overpayment back.
2) Hire a child support lawyer immediately to at least get it stopped,
CPS dropped the case bc my daughter lied. She’s lived with me and my wife for 11 years bc her bio mom is on drugs and in and out of jail. She’s been with her bio mom for 3 weeks and they have blocked me from contacting her. How can I get her back home? Will a judge allow her to stay with her... View More
answered on Mar 22, 2021
You're going to have to break down and hire a private investigator and then a custody lawyer
answered on Mar 20, 2021
CPS uses caseworkers with bachelors degrees in anything to "investigate". They collect hearsay information from law enforcement, neighbors and relatives. They do a far from thorough search for criminal and rarely family court records. They check their own records for previous cases.... View More
Is There a way to ask the lawyer for time to get a lawyer a legal aid attorney whatever or file for a continuance to do so? He has three other kids he has never paid child support for and a history of felony domestic violence against one of the children as well as me. He has told me that we would... View More
answered on Mar 18, 2021
If you just got served with this or were contacted by the Curator recently, then ask for a Continuance to hire an attorney. Then hire a custody lawyer.
Is this legal? How can the State & judge approve a child support order without anything proving the child belongs to that person? This is back dating to April of 2012. The child also is not aware of me being her biologicals father, she thinks the man her mother is married to is her dad. The... View More
answered on Mar 12, 2021
You need to hire a child support attorney in TX. I suspect something has occurred without your knowledge.
Multiple accounts of domestic violence and vandalism towards me by my husband, most recently 2 months ago. Is there a time frame to report this. And could I use these occurrences if a divorce is filed? No report ever filed but pictures and witnesses.
answered on Mar 25, 2021
Statute of Limitations for a first-degree misdemeanor is two years. Keep your witnesses close. Yes, you can use this information in divorce/time-sharing proceedings.
I'm told I have to pay child support to the state. Child did not yet graduate high school, but is still enrolled in a virtual program while he is at court ordered transitional living facility in Baton Rouge. When released he will be coming back to live with me on probation and will finish... View More
answered on Mar 10, 2021
You can hire a child support attorney to file to terminate when he comes home to live with you.
I was originally ordered to pay child support for our 3 kids. Now my kids are 16, 17, and 20. My 17 year old now lives with me. My 16 & 20 year old are still living with my ex wife and my 16 year old has become very disobedient and is performing horribly in school. Since only my 16 & 17... View More
answered on Mar 9, 2021
Yes, it is cause to modify support but not terminate support. Hire a custody lawyer immediately.
He has my only vehicle does not pay child support lived and supports his girlfriend kids and she is pregnant for him while he leaves my kids on the side line
answered on Mar 8, 2021
Abandonment is not cause for divorce. But adultery is. Hire a divorce lawyer.
7/7 but birth mom was evicted and still has no solid residence or job. Both parties have agreed the new every other weekend with BM as to keep things consistent with school. This has been since December, I am wondering if there is a certain amount of time, that can be considered as this being... View More
answered on Mar 6, 2021
The parents can sign a consent judgment making this the new legal custodial arrangement or the father can hire an attorney to take it to court.
Child services took the child from their mother and the biological father hasn’t had anything to do with the child since birth and is willing to sign his rights over to someone who has been in the child’s life from day 1 helping raise that child can he do that and how does he go about it
answered on Mar 6, 2021
Parental rights are not independent of each other. Now that thr state has taken custody, he has no rights to sign away. If someone else has helped to care for the child, that person can hire a lawyer to intervene in the juvenile court case
My ex hasn’t seen our kids in over a year and he doesn’t call or anything. When he would call he would lie to them all the time about coming get them. There was one time I let them go with him and my daughter called me at midnight telling me that he didn’t want to feed them. Is there any way... View More
answered on Mar 3, 2021
Unless you have subsequently married and your spouse wants to adopt, no you can't get his parental rights terminated.
My sons mother has blocked me and doesn’t talk to me. She has moved out of the state with her bf and left my son in the care of her grandmother the police don’t want to do anything for me to help. saying it’s a civil matter what can I do to gain custody of my son without having to go to... View More
answered on Feb 28, 2021
You have to hire a custody lawyer and attend court by Zoom.
A miscommunication with his grandmother that he hasn't seen in 16 years only twice and now she's starting to say she come take him because he lives with me and his pawpaw off and on and she has in her head that Im completely lying and she's not happy about that for some reason and... View More
me, and only went one day to her mothers in 2020. Upon filing with turbo tax, it was determined that because of the court order I would be able to file HOH and qualify for the EIC and the mother gets to claim as a dependent. Mother isn’t happy with just the dependent. In an email with her lawyer,... View More
answered on Feb 27, 2021
If you were domiciliary parent, then you get the dependency deduction unless a judgment says otherwise.
answered on Feb 26, 2021
You consult with a family law attorney to find out if you have legal grounds first, before you spend money on filing and service fees and get sanctioned.
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