You have the right under the law of Virginia to file for "Separate Maintenance" rather than a divorce: however, separate maintenance is ended by a...

Touchy situation involving attorney not filing the support order as judge ordered. It wasn't filed at all and down the road,

You have asked three different questions: 1) Can you file with the Court a new Motion to Modify Child support after the Court may have entered an...

Who is entitled to free legal services in Family Court System in Va

From your note, you have perhaps been accused of failing to provide the best care for your own childen. You didn't mention why you were put into...

Girlfriend missed child support court date. What to do from here?

She has to send the Court a letter, notarized, which explains how she made this terrible error. Since she failed to appear, the Court may have done...

Can I file child support in the state that I live in now?

You need to request a 'triple sealed' copy of your final divorce/child support order(s) from Washington State- you will have to pay to get those...

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I need help with a custody and visitation issue for my son.

Your son's step-mother does not have the right to tell him what he calls your husband: however, I trust that there is some affectionate name which...

I am estranged from my father and had (expired) a court order of protection. Is he still my next of kin?

You are confusing custody and Protective Orders with rights of inheritance. As long as you are over the age of 18, and have not been declared to be...

How can I obtain a copy of annulment records from 1969 on Guam?

IF the court records still exist in Guam, your best bet would be to hire a title searcher who would know her/his way around the Courts in Guam, and...

Should a case from Family Court on an appeal be heard and ruling be made on a custody dispute while the couple is still married?

You have gotten confused by the highly technical issue of two courts having jurisdiction over children's custody in Virginia. Basically, ANY...

Can you get child support for an unborn child in new jersey?

If a child is unborn, then it is legally a non-entity for child support purposes and one cannot obtain child support for something that isn't yet a...