Unsure where to start with step parent adoption.

If the biological father is willing to give up his rights, he may sign a consent to the step-parent adoption. Your husband files a petition to...

If noncustodial parent wasn't ordered to pay child support in divorce, is she still obligated to financially help support child?

In North Carolina, noncustodial parents have an obligation to provide financial support even if there is no court order. If an action for child...

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Engaged to a man who pays child support. Will my income make that amount go up when we are married?

Your income is not taken into consideration in his child support calculation; it is based just on his gross monthly income. His contributions...

Should i get a lawyer if the mother of my daughter is trying to move out of state and alienate me from my child?

If you can hire an attorney, you should do that. An attorney may be able to help get a temporary custody order in place so you can see your child.

Is child support (CS) part of the final divorce? or, is it considered a separate issue?

Child support is completely separate from the divorce. Child support can be established through the court before or after the divorce.

Can my husband move out of state with an open child custody case?

Did he take the child with him when he moved? If not, he can move wherever he wants to move and when the final custody determination is made, the...

Can you get married at 14 with parental consent?

No. If you are between 16 and 18, you may marry with parental consent, but not at age 14.

Can I keep my child from her mother.

With no custody order in place, both parents have equal rights to the child. So, either of you could keep the child and not let the other see the...

Where do I go to get a TPR

You cannot terminate your own parental rights. If the mother files a termination action, you can choose not to contest it, but it will still be up...

If my son does not have a father listed on his birth certificate, what is the process to get my husbands name listed?

Is your husband the father? If not, you cannot add his name unless he adopts your child and then a new birth certificate will be issued with him...