If the divorce is ongoing, it would not be unreasonable to request from the court that she pay the mortgage/rent herself, or for her to reimburse...

When CPS finds a reason to believe a child is endangered by someone they live with, they remove the child from the house to avoid/prevent the child...

The rule is whoever has the other party served first (valid service), that state has jurisdiction. If he serves you first, the divorce will take...

You have done as much as you can do to protect the child. If the state, through CPS, decides to try to terminate the biological parents' rights,...

Net child care costs, meaning what is actually paid minus the federal income tax credit for child care, is what is factored into the child support...

Federal law requires both parents to authorize the issuance of a child's passport....

Until a court case regarding a child is started, there is nothing preventing a child from legally leaving the state. That does not mean a case...

Generally, after one party files a motion, the other side has 3 weeks to respond to the motion, then the moving party has 1 week to file a reply...

Such a provision could be included in a divorce settlement if the parties agree to it. It is unlikely a court would make such an order absent an...

While the judge is correct that emancipation does not occur until 19, there are other arguments for why you should not have to pay child support...