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I was arrested in July 2013 for child endangerment and abandonment when two of my sons got outside unattended for eight minutes while I was in the bathroom. The police took my children to the police station, and myself and my husband, who wasn’t home at the time, to jail.
My husband and I have a two-year-old daughter together, her birth was before we were married and he never signed the birth certificate. Does he have any rights to her if I choose to move out-of-state during our divorce?
Two years ago my pregnant drug abusing ex-girlfriend left Pennsylvania to go home to Kentucky to go to rehab. When my son (who I wasn’t sure was mine) was born, he had drugs in his system. I have done a paternity test and the child is mine, but it was not a test that is recognized by the court. Recently the Mother has been charged with neglect for drug use.
Can my husband whom I am separated from take our daughters over state lines without my permission? Neither of us has filed for divorce or custody. I took our daughters over to see him and let them spend the night.
I signed general power of attorney over to my ex-boyfriend’s mom and step-dad for my daughter. Her father is on probation and isn’t allowed to be around anyone under the age of 17.
My son’s father decided to adopt a pit bull puppy recently. I forewarned him that our son, who is nine-years-old, is afraid of all dogs with wide mouths. I specifically told him to avoid pit bulls, rottweilers, and mixes of these breeds. I have always been supportive of our son’s visitation with his father, even during times of legitimate issues which should have been brought in front of a court.
Jack got arrested for domestic violence towards Jill. He is not to have contact with Jill. They patched things up and got back together and have been living in hiding basically but now have a baby due anytime.
My daughter’s ex (never married) has obtained custody of my granddaughter. He was represented and my daughter was not. Now that he has had custody of her for a little over a year, he has since then married another women for appearances sake, and had a child with her.
My son is 2-years-old. I listed my boyfriend as his legal father because we were together. However, we were not together when I became pregnant. My boyfriend has filed to petition paternity through the state of Missouri.
My daughter just had a baby. She and the biological father are not together and her new boyfriend is putting his name on the birth certificate.