What's the process of parental rights?

If DCS is involved, you can ask them for placement with family if necessary. If not, then you may want to go to your local juvenile court and...

I cannot afford an attorney. What are my options? Where do I begin? What can he and can’t he get by with?

You're going to have to file a petition to modify custody if you want to change the order, there's no way around it. There may be some agencies in...

I understand that your concerns are valid. I would suggest that to give them a bit more credence, you begin with a child therapist to determine...

Is this legal?

In order to determine whether what happened was legal, you would need to actually go to the courthouse to check on the service return and the Order...

I have custody my husband passed they go to his mother's they have been calling her to come get them when one of them in trouble

There are a lot of unanswered questions here. Do you have custody through a court order? Are these your children? If not, where is the mother? When...

I have been divorced 11yrs and now remarried to my new wife can I force my ex wife to stop using my last name?

No, there's no legal means under which you can make a person change their last name if they don't desire to do so.

After hearing court finding

You would have to read the California Rules of Civil Procedure to determine how to calculate days. However, if you just go ahead and do it, you...

My kids Dad is taking me to court for sole custody of my children which I have full custody of now. What are my chances?

No one can tell you your chances based off the information given, but it's not illegal to hire friends for attorneys.

Is it legal to give a child the last name of a man that's not the biological father because the biological father is in prison.?

There is a difference between a biological father and a legal father. She has made her husband the legal father of the minor child. Your son would...

Not if you know where he is. Parents are always entitled to notice of proceedings regarding their children.