Affairs and Custody

The only thing about your actions that may affect your divorce or custody case is your guilt. The courts don't care about marital infidelity, and...

Do the custodial mother have any rights to a car the father buys his daughter if the car is titled only in daughter name?

If the daughter is 18, the mother has no business whatsoever interfering with her property. The police can and should be called if the mother...

If parental rights have been terminated and an adoption has been secured, can that parent still contact the terminated parent?

Unless there is an specifically stating no contact, then yes, contact is permissible.

In new york state- if I file for divorce, can I seek any kind of support?

Probably. If he has money and you don't the court will make him share during the divorce and most likely for some time afterward depending upon how...

Can I ask to remove an attorney from the case if they have represented my mother in court before and now represents my ex-wife?

You really have to speak with your own attorney about whether this. Specific knowledge of the confidential details of your case and its history...

How do judges write child custody decisions

We hope with due reflection on the substance of the case. Some judges have their law clerks do legal research and write decisions, which the...

How does minor domestic violence affect custody

If it didn't happen in front of the child(ren) and they were not affected by it, then arguably it is not relevant to custody UNLESS there's some...

I have a question about jurisdiction, in regards to a termination of parental rights and step parent adoption proceedings in FL.

First, are you sure there are rights to terminate? If you were never married, the biological father may not have established any rights that now...

What forum do I have to file in MN courts to see my kids??

Most likely, if this happened recently, you MUST file immediately in MN or you will probably have to deal with this issue in WI, which will be more...

No, you don't need to file for "legal separation" before you file for divorce. You can go to Family Court for custody and child support, but not...