My ex-wife is denying me my summer visitation. Do I file a contempt motion or Writ of Habeus Corpus?

You clearly have a contempt action against her and the right to ask for make-up time in addition to attorney fees, costs and jail time. However,...

What do I have to do if my 17yr old son wants to live with me instead of my ex-wife who has custody?

At age 17, the tactic I would attempt would be for you to file your motion to modify withTWO affidavits: #1 is the affidavit you must file setting...

What are my rights to the house my husband and I live in?

When your name was placed on the mortage, was it also placed on the title? That would make a huge difference. Otherwise, Ms. Herndon is correct.

What is the easiest way to legally adopt your grand child?

I do not know of any agencies who do this kind of work. I suppose they could exist but I know of none. The easiest way is to get both parents...

What can I file to ask the judge to rule on some motions I filed?

Your question does not make sense to a lawyer. If you are in Chicago and the child is in Houston, who does the child live with? What court are...

Post Divorce division of property four years after divorce.

This house comes under the "undivided property" doctrine, particularly if neither of you filed an inventory with the court when you got the first...

A mere AOP does not establish paternity at law. Only a court can do that. Until the father files a Parentage suit, he has no actual, enforceable...

What are my rights about property acquired while living together without marriage?

You would file file divorce and assert a common law marriage. Once the existance of a marriage is established, you have the same rights as any...

What is common law marriage

IN TEXAS (and this only applies to Texas) if two people live together, split up and neither of them asserts that a common law marriage existed...

My ex continuously threatens me over the phone/internet..what is this called and what can be done??

Since you are in Texas, I highly recommend that you initiate a parentage suit seeking not only to adjudicate his parentage and get child support...