Los Angeles, CA
Family Lawyer at Los Angeles, CA
Practice Areas: Family, Child Support ... +3 more
If your name isn't on the house, you have little if no rights because you aren't married. Some will tell you about a "marvin" action wherein you...
Dept of Child Support Services has a compromise program; go to their website.
If they have current custody orders and the parents have joint legal custody, then the wife has the legal right of access.
You need to modify your old orders by requesting the court to enter the new 'status quo' orders that you previously agreed to.
I agree with Atty Straus, and presumably your ex continued to pay the mortgage and maintain the house, so maybe it's more equal than you think.
If you "gave up your rights" by giving GM a Guardianship, then you have to file a petition to terminate the guardianship.
Depending on how - and in what proceeding - he got custody, you could file a Request for Order for visitation if it's a paternity case.
Your attorney - who is familiar with the specific facts of your case - is the best person to guess at the outcome, and even then...nobody is...
1/2 length of the marriage is considered reasonable but it's case-specific.
If his total estate is less than $150,000 as you indicate (at $45,000) then you can file what is called a 13100 declaration after Probate Code...
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