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Dillon Gardner Coil
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What you are asking depends on what state has jurisdiction over the matter....
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Shawn B Alexander
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The short answer is yes there are some protections. I have pasted a link to the...
Dave Hawkins
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Unfortunately, any child whether he be 14 or 18 cannot choose with which parent...
Alan James Brinkmeier
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There is no magic age when children get to decide where to live. The best...
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Susan Lee Beecher
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The court is understandably more concerned with the child's rights than with...
Christianna J. Lyford
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Under U.S. immigration law, there are provisions to “sponsor” your wife,...
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Alan James Brinkmeier
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Attempting to do an appeal alone in this CPS matter is not the best way to...
Jonathan H Levy
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You'll need an appellate attorney. Ask around and see if you can get one...
Frank A Selden
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Guardianships of minors expire when the child becomes a legal adult....
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Caroline R Suissa-Edmiston
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You would go about adopting the child as a Step-Parent Adoption. This is...
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Laura Mcfarland-Taylor
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Go to your landlord and ask for permission to have a cat and offer to pay a pet...
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Robert Lee Marshall
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You're very generous. Would you like to adopt another grandson who is an...
Thuong-Tri Nguyen
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The courts seldom make parents exercise the parents' rights to their child....
Yale Lewis III
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your husband has a legal duty to provide support for the child until she is 18....
Fabio Ambrosio
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Your question is complicated, but to answer it shortly, "yes, there are...
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This is a situation that requires a face-to-face consulation with an...
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Shannon M Underwood
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This depends on many factors. Generally, a United States citizen parent may...
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John M. Kaman
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Family law encompasses all kinds of issues besides divorce. Custody, for...
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Dave Hawkins
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As the biological father of the child, you have a statutory (legal) obligation...
Yale Lewis III
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the other atty is correct. Legally, you cannot evade your statutory...
Alan Scott Funk
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Understand: leaving an abuser can be a process, rather than an event. That...
Susan Lee Beecher
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Since you are in Seattle, call DAWN, Domestic Abuse Women's Network. I don't...
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Thuong-Tri Nguyen
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Guardians ad litem are appointed by the judges of the superior court of the...
Yale Lewis III
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you can always attack the GAL's credibility at trial. the judge will not...
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Jeffrey Patrick Bassett
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You don't indicate whether you need to "enforce" it because you're having...
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