You have joint legal and joint physical custody right now, but it appears that is not a final order. So the question becomes, would you want your...

The judge can impute income. The judge can order him to pay. But neither of those actually gets you any consistent income if he chooses to work...

I agree with my colleague on the name change thing, but that was not your question. You want to add your biological father to your birth...

No, he does not owe half the mortgage and you would not be able to ask for that "reimbursement" in a divorce case. Your income is half his. His...

It takes at least one full year of noncompliance with CPS for your rights to actually be terminated. And that's at least one year from the time CPS...

It's really a question of whether or not your standard for "so much noise" actually amounts to a public nuisance. Sometimes in places not...

I am sorry, but I do not understand the question. What "system" shows you are still in jail? Child Support? Have you been paying now that you...

He can "demand" it, but the court is not likely to grant it. You are seeking to terminate his rights that have already been established by a court...

It sounds like neither one of you are fit to be a custodial parent right now, and while you are working on fixing that for yourself, unless and...

DCFS has more power than the police. They do not need to prove probable cause in advance. In this situation, it appears there was the incident...