Can my grandfather adopt me?

Your grandfather would need to fight for you by hiring an attorney. Tell a trusted adult what is going on with you. When I was 12 years old and...

Can i file harrassment against my boyfriend ex/sidechick

It sounds like you ignored pretty plain evidence that he was with another woman, and/or using another woman, when you got together with this man. ...

Hire a family law attorney. If you have a custody order that grants the ex-husband visitation, he still has that visitation whether he's been gone...

My husband continues to be abusive to me and my children. I want to take out a protective order but I'm not sure if it'd be okay

Hire a family law attorney. Get your advice from that person, who knows all the particulars of your case. But generally if you're being physically...

How can a divorce be challenged or responded to if one person (respondent) of the two want to try to work things out?

No, if only one of the parties wants to stay married, that is not enough to stop the divorce.

Does mine and her salary get to split 50-50 for the rest of our lives?

No. You've posted 3-5 questions. If you are not going to get the answers that you need in this forum. Going to meet with the family law attorney to...

What is the best strategy to negotiate terms in a divorce?

Hire attorneys. Each of you prepare a sworn inventory and appraisement that lists the community property, the community debt and your separate...

What are the various assets up for split in a divorce?

The assets to be split in the divorce are the items that community property that the two of you have accumulated from the date of the marriage...

How do I make sure that the divorce initiator pays all the legal fees?

There is no legal rule that the person who initiates the divorce will be the one to have to pay for it. Usually each party will pay their own...

Does splitting house mean splitting equity (paid off amount) - whoever wants to keep the house pays the other half of equity?

Yes, given those facts one party might keep the house and pay the other party $20,000 for their equity. However the parties would have to agree who...