What do I have to do if I need to move abroad with an already existing child custody order?

You can move and live wherever you want to. The court has the final authority to decide where the child moves and lives. If the father has...

How much of my court ordered child support am I required to pay if I have been laid off from work?

The short answer is all of it. The rule is that it takes a court order to change a court order. So, you have to comply with the existing order...

Not unless you want it to. Even then, it would take action in addition to the adoption to do a name change.

Can a family court order contradict Virginia statute?

Va Code § 8.01-420.2. Limitation on use of recorded conversations as evidence. No mechanical recording, electronic or otherwise, of a telephone...

How are marital debts divided in this particular situation?

Va Code § 20-107.3 addresses debts. Debts are classified as separate debt, or marital debt. Marital debt includes "all debt incurred in either...

How can I change my daughters last name/have her adopted

step-parent adoption. Va. Code § 63.2-1241. should cost less than $1,000 through an attorney.

My child support obligation debt isn't reducing and I make consistent payments. Can I get this debt reduced?

How do you know the case was closed? Do you have a court order or confirmation from DCSE?

Can a child choose a sister over her parents in a custody dispute

"In determining custody, the court shall give primary consideration to the best interests of the child. The court shall assure minor children of...

Petition, order, VS-21, and one or two consent forms.

Is there a chance that the judge/court would allow for the adoption without that parent's consent?

"If an acknowledged, adjudicated, presumed, or putative birth parent or parent by adoption of a child refuses to consent to the adoption of a child...