What is usually happening in status conference?

You can get free advice and assistance in self-representation from the Family Law Facilitator at your Courthouse. We have to engage in guesswork...

If a parent is keeping an 18 year old from moving out forcefully, how does one go about taking legal action against said parents

There no longer is an Marshall working in the California Superior Courts but there is one for Federal District Courts. That threat is...

What is Persuasive, Admissible, or otherwise Dispositive at Trial vs. Temporary Hearings?

In addition to the territory covered by my Avvo colleague, you should view separately a declaration you seek to enter into evidence contrary to the...

I am a single-divorced mother I've had my son for over 4 years, since june 2010 and I opened a child support claim in 4-2014?

I agree that you need to divulge the terms of any custody/visitation orders in effect. Dad commits a felony if he takes/detains/conceals your...

How long do we have to fill out birth certificate forms and praternity forms?

Get a Y-DNA test from Family Finder DNA or 23andMe.com. All that gets tested is saliva. Worry about the birth certificate forms later; they can...

We are ordered to communicate via Our Family Wizard but he allowed his account to expire. I need to work. What to do?

Well, you have Minors Counsel's view, you tried diligently to get Dad to respond, so you'll have to make a choice and communicate to him. If you...

My ex filed a child custody/support summons and paternity petition on me.

First, parentage of both of you should be determined and living arrangements are irrelevant. Second, custody and child support can be...

Can a father deny my daughter her medical insurance card or information so she does not use it to go to the doctors?

This reads like an outrage of his. You need to get/enforce a medical insurance order. Frankly, you should enlist, and use, the services of your...

Im trying to modify child support. Neither I nor my ex wife live in the state where the child support order was created. I moved

It should be New Jersey's calculator since that where the child is being reared. Now, if Mom enlists her County Dept. of Child Support Services to...

You need to articulate why you feel you need to go ex parte as well as the relief you seek for us to properly advise you. Since you have a...