Hi I’m a 17 year old female who lives in southern California. I have been living with my dad for the past two years and have supervised visits with my mom.
How could I change custody from my dad to my aunt and uncle? They live in Utah and would love to take care of me for the next year until I am 18. Can I do this legally without having to bring in lawyers? My parents are going through a nasty divorce thats lasted for the past 6 years.
Thanks so much!
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My parents just got a divorce, and i cant stop freaking out about it. I feel like i dont even want to live. please i need some advice!
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I’m sure it different from state to state, but from either personal exp. or any lawyers do you know what is customary for transportation for visitation when the parents live 300 miles apart?
Does the non-custodial parent have more responsibility for picking them up and dropping them off? Are they both responsible to meet 1/2 way???
Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks.
Also, in our situation there are no previous court orders or anything legally established. Which is why I’m wanting to research what is customary with the courts so I can plan to know what to expect.
hey, i’m doing a 10 minute speech and the topic is divorce and how it affects people physically, emotionally, financially. i was wondering if you’ve had an experience or know someone with a story that you’d be willing to share with me that involves any of those 3 characteristics. i’ve gone through three divorces with my parents so i know how it affected me and my parents. i was trying to get someone else’s perspective/outlook as well. thanks for your time.
hey, i’m doing a 10 minute speech and the topic is divorce and how it affects people physically, emotionally, financially. i was wondering if you’ve had an experience or know someone with a story that you’d be willing to share with me that involves any of those 3 characteristics. i’ve gone through three divorces with my parents so i know how it affected me and my parents. i was trying to get someone else’s perspective/outlook as well. thanks for your time.
I’m afraid my parents might get a divorce because they’ve been fighting a lot lately, and I want to know some things that cause parents to argue over and finally get a divorce.
My parents had split up 3 years ago after 18 yrs of marriage. My dad moved out the same night after an argument. 1 year later, my dad hands my mother a document stating thats the divorce paper. Yet again, she had never gone to a court, nor received any kind of documents by mail, nor signed ANY kind of document before. We went to several courts, but they all say that we ahve to go to a lawyer. Each lawyer that i call wants to charge me. How to find out?
My daughter is 4, her father and I were never married. We are no longer together, I live with my daughter in a house with my parents and two younger siblings. He lives with his parents. I’m 22 he’s 23. When we split we made a verbal agreement about when she would visit him and how much he would pay me each week. She would stay with him Tuesday nights and Friday night or Saturday Morning to Sunday evening. And he would pay me 50 a week. We’ve kept this up, but now he is pushing for her to be taken to Fl with his parents during Christmas when we already had an agreement about Christmas. I said no and all he keeps saying is we’ll see.
Yesterday a friend who works with his sister told me that she, him and their parents have gotten their passports and that my ex had went and gotten a copy of my daughters birth certificate. This friend also told me that my ex’s sister was asking about custody and child support and talking to family law lawyers.
I’m afraid they might try to take her from me and/or out of the country. They are from mexico. Today I went and filed for court ordered Child Support. When or how long will it take for him to be notified that I did this? I’m also trying to get a lawyer so that I can try to get custody of my daughter before they try to because they have more money than I do.
I just went and filled out the application today at dss. I dont know who’s serving him. I have to go back in two to three weeks
