Can I gain custody?

Your ability to "get custody" of your children will depend heavily on the law of the state that issued the initial custody order (assuming that...

Can I be served with another PPO now that the child is here

You haven't given enough information to know what your legal rights are. Some of those rights will depend on whether your name appears on the...

The federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provides a way for non-citizens who are victims of domestic violence inflicted by their spouse to...

Child custody NY-Canada Jurisdiction question

There are ways to making it more likely that she'll be required to stick to the agreement, and you've named two of several possible ways that can...

Parenting plan 1st entered in Seattle, WA, Can it be moved to Texas?

Your ability to use the courts of Texas will depend almost entirely on whether the child or the other parent still lives in Washington State. ...

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My wife left the state of OR with my daughter, now she won't come back.

Assuming that your daughter lived in Oregon for at least 6 months (or since birth if she's less than 6 months old) before your wife took her to the...

Can a parent be charged for kidnapping if there was verbal agreement between both parties and the other party called the police

You've posed two very different questions, but neither can be answered clearly because you've not included enough specific information. You ask...

Both parties file for divorce at same time and both live out of state. Dad has kids with him for 5yrs now in his state w/out mom

You have asked multiple questions, some of which cannot be answered with certainty. Also, there's a question you didn't ask but that also needs to...