How long will it take to make the custody change and do I need to be here for court?

If you file a petition in a family court to make the agreement legally binding, you can expect the process to take months. The pleadings have to be...

I get these cases walking in my door often. A person is married forever and the spouse vanished decades ago. The question is how to file. That's a...

Can court appointed legal guardian (who is not a parent) be charged for abandonment for petitioning to relinquish guardianship?

You describe a situation which places you as the parent of the child. You will be chargeable with child support if you 'relinquish' the teenager to...

How do I appeal a family court order?

An appeal is noticed by the filing of a notice of appeal with the family court if the order is other than a child support order. Then, you follow...

How does support work?

I agree with you that these percentages are ridiculous. They are an arbitrary confabulation of numbers promulgated by some economist connected to...

Can one still ask for a modification in the future if child support was agreed upon trail ?

The burden of prove ticks up if you settle rather than have the court determine the child support amount. However, you still have the three...

Does thismean im stuck with 1/2 of what im really due??

Child support is grounded in calculations based on income. If the obligor is able to earn income in a manner so as to hide it in large part, the...

The rule covers all twenty calendar days inclusive of weekends and holidays. However, local rules double hat amount to forty prior to the filing of...

What happens if he doesn't show up to court?

You may be getting a default judgment which he can vacate in a year upon a showing of reasonable excuse and a meritorious defense, or if he was not...

You are okay wit blue ink signatures. Our courts are no so doctrinaire as to reject foreign court filings because of ink color.