Questions tagged [child-custody]
Questions about the legal issues of child custody, i.e. the rights and responsibilities of parents or legal guardians towards their minor children. Some jurisdictions refer to the concept of parenting time and parenting responsibilities rather than custody.
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What is your legal recourse when you believe a social worker has treated you prejudicially in a family court matter? [closed]
What is your recourse if you are in a custodial battle for a child and you believe your ex has slandered your name so completely towards the social worker that the social worker is no longer willing ...
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Who is more likely to get custody, mother's grandparents or non-biological-father divorcing the wife?
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A husband is divorcing the wife, and he is NOT the biological father of the couple's children
this is because she cheated on him (unknown to him until divorce)
until the divorce time he ...
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Child custody after divorce
If an illegal immigrant has a kid with a person who has dual citizenship. They want to divorce but the dual citizenship person wants to move to her home country with the kid with out consent of the ...
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Is it illegal to act against the parents' wishes when taking care of a minor?
When taking care of a minor with permission of the parents, what is the legal force of any rules the parents set?
For example, if I look after someone's child, and they tell me the child may not ...
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Can a surrogate be guilty of kidnapping?
If the pregnant party/surrogate mother, during the pregnancy, formed a bond with her unborn baby(s) such that she felt she could not give them up and so she decided to leave, give birth and keep the ...
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Are wills that easily contested?
I've seen multiple situations in TV shows, fictional and nonfictional, where wills or other expressions of post-mortem wishes have been contested for reasons that seemed trivial.
One was a man who ...
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Infidelity and child support
Lets say hypothetically I got married and had a child. Five years later my wife sleeps with several other men but I don't have proof of this. I wish to attempt to gain full custody of the child, ...
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What are the minimum requirements for obtaining joint custody in Arkansas?
State: Arkansas.
A parent wishes to obtain joint custody for a 3-year-old child. What are the minimum requirements for the following:
Apartment: Is it necessary for a parent to have a 2-bedroom ...
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Reduce risk of large child support payments for life [duplicate]
Lets say hypothetically there is a man and a women. The man makes a relatively high income and is involved romantically with the women.
The women asks the man frequently to have a child with her. The ...
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If a man's name is on the birth certificate, but all were aware that he is not the blood father, and the couple separates, is he responsible legally?
Mother was already pregnant with twins when they got back together. She asked him to be on the birth certificate so that the bio dad couldn't have any claims on them.
The bio dad has not ever even ...
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Have a child but reduce the risk of child support [duplicate]
Lets say a Man and a Women agree to have a child. But the Man want's to make sure that before they have a child the man is granted full custody over the child and that the women can never file for ...
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Can you appeal a case after a higher court renders a favorable opinion about a law?
In the U.S. Supreme Court's case, 'Monasky v. Taglieri', an opinion was rendered regarding how jurisdiction findings related to 'Habitual Residence' under the Hague Convention are determined.
Could ...
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Child kidnap - Enforce return to country of origin of children visiting the USA
Scenario: A divorced US citizen (call him "parent A") living abroad plans a trip to the US with their and "parent B"'s child (under 18 yo). Before leaving the country of origin, A ...
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Can a person sign a contract committing to never taking an ex-spouse to Family Court?
Can a person sign a contract committing to never taking an ex-spouse to Family Court?
For example, as part of a divorce agreement, my (soon to be) ex-spouse wants me to put money aside in escrow that ...
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Can a Guardian (parent) force a 17 year old to move out of their house in Colorado?
My Father, who has custody of me, has threatened to force me to move out of his house. If I am 17, and live in Colorado can he make me move out?
He doesn't seem to care who I move in with but I think ...
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