Angela I. Green's Answers

Can my wife take my child out of state to live without my approval

Let me start by saying that even though you are in mediation, you should meet at least once during the divorce mediation process with an independent family law attorney. To more specifically answer your question, in CT, while your divorce case in pending, the notice of automatic orders (attached to the complaint), paragraph # 5 states: “Neither party shall permanently remove the minor child or children from the state of Connecticut, without written consent of the other or order of the court.”...

If I went to mediation with and we signed a temporary parenting order 9 months ago for our 4 yr old, she is resisting visits

I strongly recommend that you work in mediation with the father in order to reach some form of agreement as to the best interest of your daughter. WHILE concurrently, working with an experienced child therapist, and slowly re-introducing the daughter to her father is most prudent. In my opinion the re-introduction of the child to the father should be slow and guided by and experience therapist. Yes, you may have a contempt issue, however no judge in the world will punish you to do the right...

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After compromised settlement in a mediation, how long does it take to receive check?

The Separation Agreement should have included the date by which the other spouse was expected to forward the funds to you. For example: " the H/W shall pay to the W/H the sum of $ within X days/weeks/months from the date of dissolution". If your Separation Agreement agreement is silent, I recommend that you speak with your spouse about his/her expectation, and call the mediator who drafted the agreement. An attorney-mediator drafts more comprehensive Separation Agreements which includes...

Am i still obligated

Let me start by saying that you should seek the advice of an attorney from your jurisdiction. The laws differ from state to state. In general, you remain obligated to pay child support, absent a court order to the contrary. Typically, the law will assume that you are the father in your situation. You can file a motion to modify the child support order in your jurisdiction and then you have the opportunity to seek an order from the Court wherefore you no longer have an obligation to pay...