A family member is providing a private mortgage. My spouse has legal issues due to child support. Will "lender" be notified?

Your creating a problem for yourself, here. You're taking out a loan and I assume you'll always pay the mortgage on time . . . while you're...

What circumstances must be present to give up parental rites and not pay any future support? My ex earns 10x more than myself.

I'm lost. It sounds like you were divorced in the past and you and your former husband have been engaged in post-decretal fights over his trying...

Can non-custodial parent paying for 2 kids in college take the Education Tax Credit?

This should have been dealt with in your agreement. Not to worry -- you can still fix the problem; but you can only got back in time as far back...

If it does not state in my divorce decree what age I stop paying for college, what is the age

There's no age limit on this sort of thing. The law says the obligation ends when the child obtains a baccalaureate degree. The law also says the...

If someone who has abused you before spits in your face and you hit them opened handed is that considered self defense?

No, it's not self defense.

How can I get divorced from someone if we got married in Romania and she never came to America?

Forget checkign -- just get divorced here. It'll take about six weeks and the cost is minimal. Who cares where she is (or isn't)? It doesn't...

After divorce is final, is there a state law (Illinois) that would prevent me from sending my child to an out of state college?

How old is your kid?

My order says that my 6year old is to walk to her fathers car and she does not want to. Is this a violation of visitation

Although I have great respect for them both and agree with them almost always, I respectfully disagree with counselors Grohtz and Goldstein on one...

How to rid of a court order?

You're not inconvenienced . . . your BF is. The order doesn't say that you have to leave the home -- the court has no power over you, you are not...

I respectfully disagree with the other answers, although my analysis is based only on the federal law and reasoning -- I have no case authority to...