Can I handle my own annulment if my spouse left the country as an illegal and has a 3 year ban from returning?

Find a Process Server on the Internet, in Venezuela, fax/email the Summons/Petition and all other documetns to the process server, have the...

How can my husband adopt my daughter?

You will need to file a Step-Parent adoption petition. If the biological father has not supported your daughter, and has no relationship with her,...

If I miss one child support payment because I lost my job, can I lose my visitation without a court order?

You will not lose visitation because you have not paid support. Visitation rights, and your obligation to support your child are two separate...

How much time do you need to have to be considered the custodial parent?

Sharing custody is not an exact science. However, generally speaking, if you exercisemore than 50% of the time, your are the primary custodial...

Code of Civil Procedure §583.210, 583.250, provdes for Mandatory dismissal for a three year delay where the summons and petition have not been...

I filed for a divorce in feb this year

You will not hear back from the Court. Filing your divorce is just the first step. After you file, you must serve the documents. Maybe you...

What are the consequences ?

Your restraining order is still in place. The Restraining Order does not restrain you, it restrains him. Husband telling the Court you have...

I have a TRO hrg. next week. I am currently not rep. by counsel; am working on that. Can I request a continuance?

You do have a right to a continuance, however, the temporary orders will remain in place throughout the continuance period. The answer does not...

How can i get to the point of reciving half coustody of my child?

Supervised visitation is only implemented when a parent endangers a child. Somewhere along the line, a Judge found it necessary to protectyour 3...

What will happen next ?

After a finding of Domestic Violence, there is a rebuttable presumption against granting joint custody to the perpetrator. Some of the factors the...