I currently live with the father of my child but we aren't together, and I'm worried he will try to take our daughter from me

Your rights are defined in your court papers. If you don't have court papers, you need some. To get court papers, you should hire a lawyer. Hire...

Questions like this make me kind of sick to my stomach. She told him she wants a divorce -- he needed a lawyer that day. She moved out -- he...

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The house is almost certainly your non-marital property. The expenditures related to the wedding are almost certainly marital debt. Hire a lawyer...

Can I do something to stop my soon to be ex wife from smoking around our 1 year old?

There are plenty of cases where the issue of second hand smoke has been considered as a factor in a custody case. Work with your lawyer to get the...

I was divorced from my husband one year ago. We are having some discrepancies regarding our divorce agreement and our house.

If your MSA makes no mention of who is responsible, it sounds like you didn't have an attorney when you got divorced. It also sounds like either...

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I take it you're the father. The proper course, here, would be not to sue DCFS but to seek custody of your children. Since you already have an...

Am I required to travel and pay for travel when my daughter travels to see her father?

It sounds to me like you BOTH pay your own way. It's not clear from what you've posted. I suspect eh reason the language is in there about Dad...

My 4yo daughters biological father has filed for paternity rights. He has not seen her 3 years. Does he have a case?

I would just add that you NEED to hire an attorney. Your daughter deserves it. even if Dad fails to establish that it is in the child's best...

Is there any way to file to see an Illinois Voluntary Acknowledge of Paternity in court?

This website isn't the place to learn how to practice law. Work with a lawyer. The link, below, will help.

What steps should a mother take before moving out of state with her child, if the father is abusive and they were never married?

"Removal" is the legal term of art lawyers and judges use to describe the situation where a divorced parent (or a parent who never married but has...