i ran away when i was 14, the cop said i could leave my house and go live with my grandma when i was 17, i am now 17 and my dad is telling me that he talked to some family lawyer and the law says i can’t leave unless i get emancipated by a judge to have the rights of an 18 year old, or if he gives me permission, and he says he won’t, so i have to stay until im 18. is this right? or is he lying? i know i can’t own property yet, but can i leave his house without his permission, legally?

I am needing a free or low cost family law attorney in the Houston area. I have physical custody of my sisters son (7) & we are suing her ex (his dad) for child support. He is hiding from being served & refuses to pay or even come to court. Whenever we have spoken to him he always threatens us with getting visitation. We are VERY fearful that he will get visits & he has MULTIPLE felonies & has been in prison twice. I need help because we need him to help financially support his son? I know what you’re thinking, he has a right to see his son, but he is dangerous & its not in his sons best interest?

I have 3 year old twins. I have placement m-f and their dad has them sat & sunday every weekend. When we went to court he was told he cannot be under the influance of any illegal drugs or alcohol while the children are in his care. and he needed to attend anger management and AODA assessment. None of which he has done (to my knowledge) One day in January after dropping the twins off with me he was stopped on the freeway for doing 15 over and the cop smelled marijuana and discovered he had 7.7 grams of pot in his car. Can I get him for contempt? (especially for the marijuana)

ok I wanted to know if you can terminate a fathers rights if is in jail? I have 2 kids that my husband wants to adopt, and looking on the internet i know you are suppose to get the biological fathers consent, thus, I have had no contact with the biological father for over 4 years, and he has had no contact with my children as well. S o with this also in mind. My kids do not no their biological father . they believe my husband "that i recently married and been w/for 7 yrs" is there only DAD.
So if i can terminate his rights how do I go about this process on my own without a lawyer, Since money is crucial right now since my husband is in his last year of medical school and we have 5 kids all together thats:including my 2 kids i brought into the relationship" oh I hope I can get any help there is. Oh and I live in the state of Illinois.
thanks

Mother of 2,I reside in ohio my kids in las vegas with my ex whom i never married. I decided to keep the kids toghther for finacial reasons until i was on my feet again to do custody. My son is not my exes he has legal guardianship,my daughter is ours. There has not been any custody as of yet. "We just agreed". It has changed,he controls everything and i have been to visit,he does not let our kids see their mother and i call all the time i barley get to talk to them just when the dad feels like it. My only fault here was being broke,not working as a house mom when being with him,trying to get out of a rut now. I have been told i need a lawyer in lasvegas,does anyone know how i find a lawyer that accepts payment plans? Or how i can find someone that practices nv law in ohio? Or is there anything i can do myself to save money?At this point it is hurting the kids and my ex thinks he is and will always be calling the shots. I did this only with good intentions in mind ,i thought he was too

Can someone point me in the direction of an African American (preferably Female) family law attorney? I am a black dad trying to get custody of my 2 daughters, and i feel an African American lawyer would be best for my case.

I live in the Cincinnati area.

I need help finding a lawyer that can help me get my kids back from there dad! He took them away 3 years ago! I reason to beleive that they are being mental and phycaly abused! And the go to a church that has been said to be a cult! I know this because I have also gone to this church in the past! The teach that its ok to hit your kids and that there way is the only way and if you dont go to there church…YOU ARE GOING TO HELL! well I will use this IF i have to! But anyone have any ideas on how I could find a lawyer? PLEASE HELP ME!

my ex won’t let me see my child. she runs and hides anytime I hear of where they are. she moves constanly, gives cops the wrong I.D # changes jobs frequently, has her husband call me and yell at me anytuime I try and see my daughter.This is all due to the fact that I want to be in my daughter’s life, and they are too scared to tell her the truth of who her real dad is. they are scared because she has only known her stepfather as her dad.I have always tried to see her. I love her, yet they have never even let me have a picture of my little girl. she has a sister who doesn’t even know her.They are mad because they say I abandoned the child, but in reality I only stayed away because I knew that if I tried to see her, I would have no money for a lawyer to fight it.I was not aware there was ways around that if you want to represent yourself. They have always refused me visitation, from the day she was born. we were never married, and she had a new boyfriend directly after she got pregnant

my ex won’t let me see my child. she runs and hides anytime I hear of where they are. she moves constanly, gives cops the wrong I.D # changes jobs frequently, has her husband call me and yell at me anytuime I try and see my daughter.This is all due to the fact that I want to be in my daughter’s life, and they are too scared to tell her the truth of who her real dad is. they are scared because she has only known her stepfather as her dad.I have always tried to see her. I love her, yet they have never even let me have a picture of my little girl. she has a sister who doesn’t even know her.They are mad because they say I abandoned the child, but in reality I only stayed away because I knew that if I tried to see her, I would have no money for a lawyer to fight it.I was not aware there was ways around that if you want to represent yourself. They have always refused me visitation, from the day she was born. we were never married, and I was absolutely never abusive. love my child but not her

I am currently at a boarding school in Southern California, and I have recently realized that I absolutely HATE it here.

I do realize that the place im in is very heavenly, the weather is nice and I have the best teachers in the world. But I don’t think that I can get through high school without the developmental advice of a parent. My parents are divorced, my mom living in San Jose and my father living in Korea. I really want to live with my Dad in Korea and attend an international school, but he refused to take me in!

Furthermore, he decided that he wouldn’t allow me to leave school at all.

What should I tell my dad to make him listen for ONCE?