What's the protocol for a step parent adoption?

The first step to an adoption is to make the child available for adoption, which either requires that the biological parent voluntarily relinquish...

My wife and I legally seperated in 2012, legally divorced in 2015, and I was required to pay 500.00 maintenance to her monthly.

You and your ex-wife can certainly agree to modifying the maintenance orders so you can pay her a lump sum instead of the maintenance over the next...

Wife threatening to take kid to a different state without me knowing the address?

The best way to prevent her from taking your child to Michigan would be to file for a Dissolution of Marriage. Once the case is filed there is an...

How to controll the sale of the home in divorce.

Your Separation Agreement or Orders regarding the sale of the home should spell out who is responsible for managing the sale. If they do not then...

The change of custody or primary care of the child only affects child support obligations going forward, not arrears or retroactive child support...

Father won’t return child to mother after spring break what can she do?

Was the Court Order issued by a court in Colorado or Arizona. As a Colorado lawyer I can only speak to what your daughter can do if the Order was...

Someone won a permanent restraining order against me. Can she now file for child support towards the baby once it's born?

The protection order that she obtained against you will not shield you from having to pay child support, or even to pay medical expenses related to...

Your Order as drafted is what would govern the payment of costs. It seems to me that the Court did not order you to pay any of his costs related...

How do I go about moving my custody case to a different state and which state do I file a motion to modify with?

The first step is to obtain a certified copy of your file from the Court in Nevada. Next you file a Petition to Domesticate Foreign Decree in the...