Category: Family Law

My mother does not speak to any of her children and ex-husband and has taken sole custody of the family house. She will not let any of the children in the house. My dad took my mom to court to get a court mandated date to allow the children to get our belongings. I cannot go to the house on that date because I am at university out of state. I would like to get a second date when I can go into the house once and for all to collect my property. I have tried contacting my mom through e-mail and family friends to avoid legal fees and having to go to court but there is no response. I do not know what my options are. Read More …

My girlfriend and I are planning to get married. Just recently, she hit a pedestrian and the pedestrian sustained some injuries. Is it advisable for me and my girlfriend to get married? Can the pedestrian come after me and my assets if we get married? Read More …

He won’t give up his rights to a child that he’s have no contact with in or over six years. He has no part her life at all. I’m in the state is Wisconsin. Read More …

My daughter’s father and I have not been together since I was three months pregnant. I want my daughter to know her father, but he never calls and never even tries to see her. On the rare occasions he does actually come over, he sits around talking to my parents, and pays her very little attention. Every time my daughter has seen her father, she hides behind my dad, whom she called daddy for the longest time. Well, the last time I spoke with him, he said he wanted to pick her up one weekend. I do not feel right about that. Am I wrong for asking him to come over at least like one day a month so that our daughter will get used to him being around before I allow him to take her off? All I ask of him is to get to know our wonderful little girl before he tries to throw another complete stranger on her. How do you think I should handle this situation? Is what I am doing now wrong? Read More …

Do I have to have the fathers permission to have his name on the birth certificate? Can my child have a hyphenated last name (mine and the fathers) without his permission? Read More …

My husband has assets over 12 million dollars and refuses to make a will, have a life insurance policy, IRA or any other legal document where I am named as beneficary. After months of fighting, my husband agreeded to list me on the title to our primary home which is worth 1,400,000 but he’s done a will naming both his children to get his half when he dies. As it stands right now, if my husband passes away I have nothing. What can and should i do? Read More …

My daughter is 19 and is pregnant the father of the child wants to sign off his paternal rights. Can this be done? Read More …

Our youngest daughter has a serious medical condition which her father ia aware of. She has to take medication and I send it with him on visitations. She came home after a weekend and all the medication was still in the bag. He had not given her any of the prescribed medication. Read More …

My mother is quickly slipping into some sort of dementia. She has an appointment with a lawyer to sign Power of Attorney over to me. She is divorced and I am an only child. I am afraid that she will become totally confused by the time we get to the lawyer. Read More …

Two weeks after I found out I was pregnant I found out my boyfriend was using drugs and I asked him to move out and we broke up. My question now is, if I put his name on the birth certificate so my child will have access to his fathers identity when he or she grows up, can I still move back to California to be near my family after the baby is born without having to worry about future kidnapping charges? Even though right now the father doesn’t appear to be concerned about either of us, people do change and I don’t want to have to worry about him coming after me someday. Read More …