Child custody

To answer your first question: if the final parenting plan provides that you are the primary residential parent (formerly known as the "custodial"...

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What column to use for child support calculations

From your question, it appears that the older child is not emancipated, but continues to be dependent on the parents. Though you say one child...

I have my son's passport. Can my ex refuse to sign a consent letter to take our son out of the country out of spite

The letter of consent is good to have, in case the border authorities want it. However, the passport alone may usually be sufficient. Certainly,...

My husband has a son that was born out of wedlock before we met. He has been given occasional vistiation by his mother

He has no enforceable rights until he is found by a court to be the child's father in a parentage (formerly paternity) action. At that time, he can...

Can a father petition for Custody after child overdoses? If so, what are his chances if he lives in another state Ca?

Certainly a petition to modify the parenting plan can be filed, though changes in the primary residential parent are disfavored. Unless agreed, it...

How to write residential parenting plan. I guess if you don't get full custody of your child, you are then the primary custodial

In Washington state, the legislature removed the "custody" and "visitation" labels in the late 1980s, because they made the child sound like a...

Spousal support

If the other side objects due to the late submission of the financial declaration, there is little doubt that the hearing will be continued. The...

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Temp motion

The financial declaration is needed when the court is being asked to make a decision about child support, spousal maintenance, or attorney fees. If...

What if my husband filed for divorce, then decided he didn't want it and he doesn't show up for court?

The dissolution case will be dismissed. However, that won't happen automatically until several months after he filed, and there will be at least...

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My mom and her BF are in a stable relationship and his ex-wife has his girl in Texas. My mom and him live in WA. state.

If there is a TX parenting plan and the mother still lives in TX, WA can NOT modify the parenting plan, with very limited exceptions. The child's...