A request to terminate your parental rights to your child is a very technical proceeding. If any person served with a Petition to terminate their...

How would my husband adopt my daughter without her biological dad present?

I agree with the other attorneys about the length of his sentence being a potential ground for termination of his parental rights. Depending on...

How can my husband, whose in the military, adopt my daughter?

In order for your husband to adopt your daughter, her biological father's rights would first have to be terminated. That process would be initiated...

If a judge ordered joint custody will the father have to keep paying child support

The Tennessee Child Support Worksheet would be a great thing to estimate any potential child support he will be ordered to pay. Although it is...

Should I be getting my Son every other weekend and buying stuff for him while we're in the process of a Divorce?

If you had him every other week, and he is being withheld from you now, it is possible to ask the Court to put in a "Temporary Parenting Plan" to...

It is possible to pursue a step-parent adoption without the consent of the other parent. You would need to file the proper Petition with the Court,...