When is a child considered abandoned in California?

One year of no meaningful contact or willful failure to support.

How do I slow do a Adoption in Ca?

You need a lawyer. If you dont consent to the adoption they must petition to terminate your parental rights. Which you must oppose. You may want to...

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Can I request for more visitation/custody since my ex wife constantly complains she can't afford our children?

The wife suggesing she could use more child support is not grounds to take custodial time away from her on the assumption she is not adequatly...

What can be done if Law Enforcement Agency does not want to "enforce" your temporary child custody order?........

File a contempt of court and file a (emergency) request for orders* police to assist in turning child over to father/or in the alternative, a...

Hello can i divorce my wife and keep my two kids on the grounds of her having sex with other men and getting pregnet two times.

This a no fault divorce state. As to child custody, a personal life or parent's sexual activity is not relevant unless it impacts the child...

Can a parent of a grown child have a child declared incompetent to get her/him out of the clutches of an abusive cult?

You can discuss it with-1) adult protective services 2) law enforcement 3) conservatorships , or LPS cases are the type you're referring to when...

Have a confusing new order. In one section of the court order the judge writes both parents have joint legal custody. But next,

Physical Custody to dad, joint legal to both patents except certain specified categories of legal decisions are reserved to solely dad (not joint).

I am needing to know what form to file to change custody if the custodial parent died. His wife will not let me take my daughter

Youre leaving out much information. Yes you could ask for police assistance to pick up your child. Or you make want help from the court to...

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How can my boyfreind get custody of his neice and nephew?

Petition for a guardianship, but If the juvenile court took jurisdiction then you need to apply to that court

MY EX JUST PASSED AWAY HE WAS THE CUSTODIAL PARENT, HIS WIFE WANTS TO KEEP MY DAUGHTER. CAN SHE DO THAT WHEN I HAVE BEEN HERE.

Parental rights trump those of Step parents . Unless the step parent adopted the child or obtained court ordered visitation,,they really have no...