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... Read more »

Unless you have subsequently married and your spouse wants to adopt, no you can't get his parental rights terminated.

No. The tax dependency exemption is not available to a parent in arrears in child support.
Child will graduate 6 months after 18th birthday. Do I have to pay until graduation? We have a agreed upon end date of the 18th birthday listed on the signed court documents.

You have to pay until graduation, if still shy of 19th birthday. Parents cannot abridge the rights of the child to receive support under statute.

You can apply for medicaid immediately.
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... Read more »

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... Read more »

You and Paw Paw need a custody lawyer.
My dads will left only usufruct to his wife

Hire a successions attorney immediately.
Child is in college full time, 19 years old and works a job. She is trying to claim herself on her own taxes for money for tuition.

Child can claim herself if she makes more than $600/yr.
Don’t want to go that route but other parent is being extremely difficult

On going child support ends at 18 or high school graduation, whichever comes last but not later than 19th birthday. However, arrears still due for 10 years.

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.
She was at home and her baby father (not on birth cert) showed up and she would not let him into her RV, she asked him to leave repeated. He decided to try and force his way into her home, damaged her RV, scared her child. She has it on video. He was arrested on home invasion charges. She is... Read more »

She should hire a custody lawyer to file for ex parte custody and a protective order.
Biological father pays support through the state but chooses to not have contact despite having the child’s direct personal number?

In order to adopt:
1) you have to be married,
2) you have to shut down your support enforcement case.

Yes by the recipient. But the state won't waive it.

Short answer, yes. But the Judge can also assess the cost of the drug screen to the party who requested it, if the results are clean.
I want to be unadopted im 20 years old and broke

If your biological parent wants to adopt you as an adult they can. They will need an adoption attorney.
Can a cop make a married couple stay away from each other by signing a piece of paper saying we would stay away from each other he said we had to sign it or go to jail can he legally do that I mean we got two kids together one is 16 and the other one is an autisc 12 year old don't we need to... Read more »

One of you need to hire a lawyer. This officer has overstepped his boundaries, playing Judge.

Hire a lawyer to review the document.
I had a notary come and notarize transfer of custody by mandate on January 18th 2021 me & the father signed.
Our sons aunt who our son has been with since November 19th of 2020 had no legal rights to him we never signed anything giving her any type of custody any type of guardianship.... Read more »

The answer depends on what she alleged in her Ex Parte Petition. You need a custody lawyer to review that and the facts of the case with you. You have a hearing coming up.
He never moved with us after I found out he was cheating. We have bond for deed property and making monthly payments. It's considered his separate property bc I didn't think anything when I signed off on it and I knew my credit would be no where on the mobile home when purchased so I... Read more »

It is still community property unless you signed a Declaration that it is not. You can get use of community property, but not separate property.

Get certified copy of birth certificate for Coroner
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