They have no legal authority to take custody of the child absent a court order. I doubt police would assist them. I don't even think they have...

I assume you meant that you and the dad were married. I will further assume the child is a minor. Normally, custody is presumed to switch to the...

You are above the age of consent, and so I do not think you have any criminal law/statutory rape issue to be worried about. However, you are still...

Jail is always a remote possibility if a judge finds you in willful contempt of a court order, but I would suspect it to be a remote possibility...

If ordered by a court to do a paternity test, you have to comply. If you are the biological father, you can be ordered to pay child support and you...

1. Well, although great deference is given to a custodial parent's decision on contact with grandparents, and thus grandparent visitation would...

He has to begin any modification with a showing that there has been a "material change in circumstances". Based on what you are reporting here, his...

Certainly if asked, you have to give a truthful response. Otherwise, the general principle of "let the buyer beware" will apply. There may...

As a 14-yr. old, you cannot instigate a court action or such an appointment of counsel. What is going on? Are your mother and adopted father...

I see no actionable harassment here as you describe it. What I do see is the all-too-common childishness that overcomes some adults in divorce...