Short answer: As attorney Cox indicated - you are being directed to file for a Probate Court Legal Guardianship. Move quickly to obtain local...

Short answer: consider going to the NOLO website and accessing their Small Claims Court information. As other counsel suggest, from what you've...

Help me understand?

Short answer: Your situation may involve the UCCJEA - which has to do with the residence of the parents during the months before the birth. It may...

What steps will need to be made to adopt my second cousins and how much?

Short answer: Given what you're describing, you are right to be concerned. Can you talk to the mom. Ask her to let the kids come stay with you...

Short answer: The way you've framed your question indicates that you know the answer - an experienced attorney will more than pay for himself. Get...

Is it legal for a Parent to withhold communication and visitation with an ailing Parent from an adult child?

Seasons Greetings. Short answer: This is not a child abuse question. It is an elder abuse question. Your husband needs to confer with...

Short answer: As you explain, "I got into trouble at school and my mom ... told me there would be consequences if I did that again. "I ... got in...

Short answer: Not likely. While an error of this nature in a CPS report to the Court is understandably upsetting - it is not likely going to...

Last night my 14-year-old son told me in great detail that his biological mother is molesting him.

Short answer: Thank you for reaching out for guidance. While an experienced attorney who specializes in this area of law - Dependency Court law...

Removal for a "Failure To Protect" My Children from a D.V Case?

Short answer: That you say you are "completely shocked" is scary. Look at the repeated D.V., criminal conduct, and inability to get along with...