While it's not illegal to notify you by telephone, notice by telephone alone is not proper service and you wouldn't be punished for not showing up...

Can APS court order me to take a drug test?

If you mean Adult Protective Services, then yes, they can insist that you take a drug test if they believe a a "protected person" is in your care...

Can I be arrested at the DMV in NV for missing a child support hearing in FL?

It's really unlikely you'll be arrested at the DMV, but anything is possible. You should first try to get the warrant quashed, whether that's in...

Do I have to go to my sons father house to drop him off, can’t we meet? Also do I have to send clothing with him when he does go

It sounds like you have the child the bulk of the time but it's unclear whether you have a custody order. Assuming you do, then you want to make...

If he's out of the country, there's not a lot the DA can do to collect. They can suspend his driver's license, and intercept tax returns, but my...

I was issued a co party check and was told by the other party to keep it. Now they want to take me to small claims court.

If you can show here messages to you to keep it, that's strong evidence that you did nothing wrong and that she agreed to that distribution. If...

I agree with my colleagues and will add only that if the act was truly fraudulent on your husband's part, you knew he was doing it at the time, and...

Can a judge impute the primary parent's income to make it so that the father doesn't have to pay any child support?

As Ms. Whitbeck suggests, an offset against his child support award would be unusual if the court granted you primary physical custody. More...

Why would you file a financial disclosure form in a custody/visitation case when child support case is separate?

Custody cases include child support as an issue to be resolved. Although the DA's office can start a child support case, once a custody case is...

Would a judge consider how the mother treats the kids in a custody hearing?

This is always a hard situation to deal with since it's so hard to document significant abuse. The court generally won't change custody unless the...