Should I sign partial property division stipulation and how do I know I'm not setting myself up for failure later?

No! First: Make sure you have served the other side both your Preliminary and Final Declarations of Disclosure AND filed your Declaration of...

How likely is it I am granted visitation?

No attorney can give you odds on what a judge will do in your case. We are not inside the judge's head. And, you have known of your daughter for...

Procedure as to how to reinstate a DVRO at the recommendation of Family Court Services?

Did the judge get all the information about your ex's DUIs, other crimes and DVROs at the trial last month? If so, then the judge has ruled on the...

Living 90 miles apart, you are doing well at 23% timeshare. It's not your fault. But greater than 23% is difficult since the child is in school...

If I stop paying child support to a birth mother because I don't have a court order for visitation will that go against me

Without a court order for you to pay support, you have no duty to pay her. And the fact that you voluntarily paid her $400 without court order is...

Selected as the best answer

Don't do it. The MSA is just ONE of the "final papers" for divorce. Notice I said papers, plural. There are several other papers that probably...

If there has not been a paternity judgment, then the father has no more right to your child then I would have if I demand to have time with your...

No. Do not present an opening statement. The mediator guides the mediation process as he / she wants. Not being a mediator, lawyer, or judge, you...

Child Custody Hearing-provide more information to the judge?

Of course file a Response! It is not required. But why would you NOT use an opportunity to front load the judge with your point of view, before...

Ordered to drug test before visitation because of an arrest two years ago. I was never charged nor convicted. Should I appeal?

Don't appeal. It would be a waste of your time and money. Appeals are NOT a second chance in front of a different judge. Appeals courts do NOT...