Do Grandparents Have Visitation Rights? (Connecticut)

Yes, grandparents can petition the courts for visitation rights just as any third party. The courts will use the same standard of the child’s best interest to determine if the grandparents should have visitation rights. In order to be... View More

You should ask your attorney because your attorney knows the answer.

I’m merely guessing. Perhaps the attorney didn’t want you there because you could have been called to testify. Perhaps the hearing was. It an evidentiary hearing.

It'll be difficult for the court to enforce that the 17-year-old should be going between each parents. However, in an ideal world, the judge would tell the parent who had custody of the child to ensure that they return to the other parent.

It depends on the specifics of your case, but there are a handful of initial documents that need to be drafted prior to filing the case. I'd continuing reaching out to your attorney.

Details will matter such as how many children, the special needs of the children, insurance costs for the child, any work related child care costs, if the paying parent has any other child support.

In short you need to consult with a family law attorney about your case to get a reasonable... View More

You would need to make sure that you have a place of your own to start. Parental consent to your emancipation helps, but it's not necessary.

Can you clarify what your question is?

Where is the child residing now? It's not the home state if he hasn't resided there for the past six months.

It should be filed where the child has resided, typically for the last six months.

If you already have a custody order in place, you would want to seek a modification of it based on this change.

There is no advantage per se about being listed for residential and mailing purposes. It simplifies the process for the child and the parents to know what address should be listed for the child so important documents and notices aren't split between two addresses.

Where does the child live?

Is there a current custody hearing that is going to take place or are you speaking about one in the future? The petition should be filed in the "home state" of the child.

What county in Missouri?

You need to file your Petition to Proceed as a Poor Person via mail or in-person.

The best way to modify custody would be to hire an attorney to help. Family law cases are not generally self help projects. I should note that while the court may be willing to give you sole legal and sole physical custody it will not absent serious abuse or neglect give terminate his parental... View More

It's ill-advised to deny the other parent parenting time when there is currently an order in place. It would be best to reach out to an experienced family law attorney, who could potentially get you a temporary order altering parenting time while the child is recovering from surgery.

It may depend on which is a greater interest to you - keeping your child support low or making sure you have visitation. Often greater visitation closer to joint custody can lower your child support compared to less time, but it also depends on the other parent's income along with any other... View More

Correct, states like Missouri and Kansas don't list a parent as the "custodial" parent; they say that one parent's residence will be used for mailing and educational purposes. Neither parent is the custodial parent since you have joint legal and physical custody, but there is... View More

It depends on what reason dad believes he needs to refuse to return the child. Without that information, it is difficult to say but generally if his parenting time has ended and he has retained the child during your parenting time, that is not allowed. Although local law enforcement can enforce a... View More