Single x military mom tring to gain back coustody of my son: so i went to the military and my graand mother gained full coustody while i was in the army now htat im out i want him back ... but because she has coustody papers signed by a judge i cant just take him her health is failing and i dont want my son to have to go through watching her die i dont have any money to hire a lawyer what can i do ???
Kelly's answer: If she had your parental rights terminated, there may be nothing you can do. Otherwise, file a Motion to Modify and try to get the Judge to change the terms of your order. Your chances will almost certainly be better with an attorney, but if you can't afford one you still may be able to do it by yourself. If something was done affecting your parental rights while you were in the army, you may have some rights under the Service Members' act.
Am married and i have a kid with another women and she wont let me get my child and say she dont want my child around my wife: and she only says that cause i came back home to my wife i send money to her for my child my child stay sick with her she does drugs and is not clean i stay in dallas she lives in la i want keep her alittle and share her but she tell me no i have to come down there to see her am so stress and tied of her games and want to be apart of my kid life please help a dad that wants to see and be a dad bad
Kelly's answer: Do you have any court orders for this child? If you don't, you probably want to start with a suit to determine parentage and get your legal rights on paper. It probably won't take care of all your problems, but it will give you a regular visitation schedule and hopefully take much of the stress out of it.
Who has next of kin rights?: My step father died in 2003, he has one living daughter. My mother, his wife, died in 2009, I am her only child. Does his daugther have any rights to the home they owned. There was no will.
Kelly's answer: The answer to this really depends on whether the house was community or separate property. Typically, if the house was acquired before the marriage or inherited by your step-father, it was probably separate property. Otherwise, it was probably community property. This will make a difference in the size of the daughter's share. Without a will, his daughter probably has at least some property rights in the house, but his widow probably has the right to continue living in the house during her lifetime.