You can do a "Petition for Name Change" as a separate and entirely new case. https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/search?search_api_fulltext=name+change

What grade is your child in? How far in to the school year is your scheduled visitation? Why not continue your visitation with your child in...

Since your previous 1989 marriage was never terminated by a divorce, your second marriage in 2017 was not valid. You do not need to divorce the...

Maybe. Not enough information here. If there is a significant disparity in the parties' incomes and/or access to funds available to pay for their...

Yes. See item 13. p. which calls for inputting a total for the monthly payments listed in item 14.

You should have an estate plan and a prenup. The prenup will not be impacted by your having a child. The estate plan should be updated once you...

It doesn't matter who filed first. Your rights are the same. File a Request for Order (aka motion) with the court asking for an order that your...

Ask the judge at your next hearing, or ask the public defender that was assigned to represent you. No one here on AVVO who is not familiar with...

You file for custody orders in the state that has jurisdiction. If the child has lived in the Conn for at least 6 months, Conn has jurisdiction...

Sounds like you already share custody. You are still living together with the child. If your relationship were to end and one of you moved out of...