My lawyer did not try to defend me in a DCFS case and I lost my parental rights to my oldest son.
Losing visitation rights isn’t the same as losing parental rights; and I can only assume that he is your court-appointed lawyer. If so, don’t try...
Los Angeles, CA
Family Lawyer at Los Angeles, CA
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Losing visitation rights isn’t the same as losing parental rights; and I can only assume that he is your court-appointed lawyer. If so, don’t try...
It seems that you are doing all the right things already.
You can file a parentage action but the apparent fact that you 14 1/2 year-old daughter has a baby of her own (if I’m understanding you correctly)...
It’s really not worth mentioning because it would be averaged out over a 12-month period and is not repeatable.
In my humble uninformed opinion, 2 1/2 months not long enough.
Here’s a link to instructions (and some courts offer self-help clinics): https://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-conservatorship.htm
Either of you would have cause to set aside the Judgment if you changed your mind.
May your life not have any catastrophic events or you won’t make it. Move on.
If the father has legal parental rights, he can petition for you to return the child but it depends on whether he has any visitation and, how long...
Duh - file an RFO to modify support.