If you already have custody, you don't need to file anything--just respond to his petition, but get an attorney first to help you. Good luck!

If he hasn't seen the child in over 4 months, then there's not much chance you have to worry about his "parenting time" but you should file for...

I suggest you file a custody petition in the Family Court nearest to you asap. If you signed an Acknowledgement of Paternity along with the Birth...

What you can do depends, in part, upon when you first learned about the fraud, and what happened in your marriage before and since. As you might...

Do I have to let the father visit the baby when he won't sign the birth certificate?

If you are not married to the putative father, both you and he MUST sign an Acknowledgement of Paternity or he must get an Order of Filiation...

Once a mother's rights to her child are terminated, can the father remove her name from a birth certificate?

Yes, a new birth certificate will be issued as part of finalizing the adoption.

What are my options? I don't know what to do with the limited information I have

Unfortunately, if the child has been in PA for more than 6 months, or was born in PA and not in NY for at least 6 months, then most likely PA has...

Custody

Unfortunately, it is not likely a 50/50 split can be arranged for bi-coastal parents and a school-aged child--it is just not going to be...

Am I responsible to transport my daughter to and from to meet her father? I moved 2 hours away from him.

Generally speaking, you are only "obligated" to do whatever a court order says you must. It sounds like you moved away from the child, not the...

Most likely, your current order is "on consent" meaning you agreed to it and the court ordered it. In those cases, it is permissible to make...