My daughter is incarcerated and how do i get custody of my grandaughter who lives with me?

If you want temporary guardianship, you'd file for that under Chapter 751. If you want to terminate your daughter's parental rights and adopt your...

Lawyers have a way of delaying an already-slow system for a very long time sometimes. It's something I find frustrating. But we lawyers also have...

Contmept and modification

Judges are pretty good about setting things together to make it more convenient, but it depends on how far along the contempt case has progressed.

Can I change a prior out of state time and sharing to Orange county FL of a prior court approved time sharing agreement?

Does your son normally live in Orange County? Was the original time sharing order out of Orange County? If neither of these things is true, then...

Is a former therapist liable for an unsigned letter to CPS asserting mental abuse? She had never reported any abuse or issues.

Maybe, but my first question would be, what monetary damages did the therapist cause the teen? If the therapist didn't cause any damages, the...

What would my child support payments be with 8 overnights 1 child with me making 40000 a year

Giving her minimum wage, the lowest income allowed for child support purposes, and making all the same assumptions Mr. Buckley made, I get $780 per...

Can someone please explain to me the Florida law that terminates a parents right if they are absent from the child's entir life

Florida Statute 39.806 says a parent's rights can be terminated if a parent abandons a child, which basically means the parent makes no provision...

I have been granted a hearing with General Magistrate for a temporary custody hearing. However, I was only given 30 minutes.

Judges and magistrates can be lenient with time or strict with time. It mostly depends on how busy they are and how the remainder of their day...

My husband wants to adopt my adorped child

Your permission is all that is required and they don't have to know.

My daughter is almost 6 years old and her biofather has not sought any custody or visitation until last year, can I move to TPR?

Given that the father is now seeking his father's rights, I'd say the odds of TPR are extremely slim, but you could try. What are your grounds? ...