You say "both" but there are three parties involved - your biological mother, your newly found biological father, and your previously named father. Are all three people alive and willing to sign documents to correct the birth certificate? Is there any child support owed by your named... View More

Heck if I know. Please don't quote a single sentence out of a letter with no explanation of the full situation and expect some attorney to risk malpractice by giving an anonymous stranger legal advice on the internet. It getting good legal advice is important to you, you need to contact an... View More

You won't have any problem being involved in the child's life once the child is born and paternity is established. You do have to wait until the child is born however. If the mom will let your name be added to the birth certificate then your fatherhood will be legally establishes.... View More

DHS just wants to have some assurance that you and the father won't be living together and exposing the children to domestic violence. I would get an attorney and have the attorney assist you in clarifying what DHS wants. Filing documents to get a divorce and get awarded custody is not going... View More

You initially get paperwork that is only proposed child support. You need to request an administrative hearing and at the hearing put on your evidence. Then if things don't go well, you will be given an amount of time by which you can file an appeal. The appeal will move the case into... View More

That's pretty easy. Just wait a few months until you are 18 then you will be an adult and can decide where you want to live. But you will also have to figure out how to pay for your expenses.

It sounds like the problem is you choosing to stay with your abusive partner. Your partner has now power to take your son away. He can report whatever he wants to children's services. If you move out with your son and go to a stable living environment I can't imagine that... View More

You need to talk to an attorney. If you filed an action in the court already and served the papers on the mother before she left the court in Oregon may have jurisdiction to decide your rights as the father. Filing with child support enforcement to establish child support is not the same as... View More

It's really not clear what you mean by she has him sleep with her. But there is nothing wrong with humans sharing a bed in a non-sexual way. In some cultures this is a necessity due to space restrictions or because there is no other way to keep warm. It might be completely inappropriate if... View More

Assuming that the mother has full custody or joint custody, it is OK for her to seek medical advice and it sounds like it was the doctors idea that your son fill out the questionnaire.

Depression is a very serious illness and can lead to suicide and other problems and it can be due to a... View More

Unfortunately the legal process to establish parenting time is often separate from the process that establishes child support. That is because the State has a federal mandate to pursue and collect child support any time someone requests any type of state assistance or even if the just ask the... View More

I don't blame you for keeping the costs down. But you have to understand that we can only provide you general guidance and answer free simple questions on here. Everyone needs to make money, and custody cases are expensive and require the right experience and expertise. You have already... View More

You can always make arrangements for a temporary care giver for your child. There is a rather simple form that is good for six months but there is a way that you can pre-sign several versions so that there is one for every six months going forward as far as you want. This would allow the child to... View More

You have to file in the court that has jurisdiction over your son. That would be the last court that had a proceeding involving your son as your first choice because whenever a court addresses custody or parenting time issues for a child that court remains that "home state" court for the... View More

If someone meets the requirements of a psychological parent, https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/109.119, they could petition the court to be awarded custody or parenting time, but they are rarely awarded custody. Preference is given to placing children with their biological parents. Anytime that a... View More

You seem to have a few questions. First, what are your rights as your nephew's aunt? You don't have any rights relating to your nephew, with exceptions that are not relevant here. Second, where will your nephew stay until the court date? Your nephew will stay where his parents allow him... View More

“Joint custody” means an arrangement by which parents share rights and responsibilities for major decisions concerning the child, including, but not limited to, the child’s residence, education, health care and religious training.

The court cannnot order joint custody, unless both... View More

Usually people with issues can still get professionally supervised visitation. It is very unusual for a judge to stop all visitation and the Judge may be wrong but that won't be changed unless the order gets appealed or reviewed. You really need to consult with a local attorney and discuss... View More

Heroin is a very hard addiction to break. Even if your Ex is clean, and you probably only have his word on that, a few days is not enough to be certain that he has gotten away from the addiction. Your situation sounds like supervised visitation would be the better option. Courts do actually care... View More

Stop talking about parental alienation. Legally what you have is a joint custody agreement and it isn't working . What the Oregon Courts do, when joint custody by voluntary agreement between the parents doesn't work, is the courts will dissolve the joint custody arrangement and decide... View More