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Can I reinstate spousal support if I only stopped it because I was scared and felt pressured?

My husband was harassing me for some time about stopping spousal support. The longer I waited the more angry he got. Today he was screaming and yellin

Family LawPennsylvania1 attorney answer

Found out father on bc is not bio dad. If he files to disestablish paternity can I object?

Father is non bio but on the birth certificate and held out child as his own. Bio father is anonymous sperm donor from sperm bank. Can court keep pres

Family LawColorado1 attorney answer

How can we stop alimony after an ex-spouse remarries

Ex-spouse remarried in January. My husband pays alimony to her. We are wondering what the law says about stopping and/or reducing the amount of alim

Family LawWisconsin1 attorney answer

Am I obligated to pay back alimony that was overpaid to me?

Alimony was to be paid to me for 56 months. When time was up, his lawyer did not file a motion to have the courts stop it. I received a letter from.

Family LawKansas1 attorney answer

I am 72 year old male who wants to retire. Alimony paid would change?

Married 35 years. Divorce decree in January 2025. Pay $2000 alimony per month. I want to retire as i am tired and want to spend some time not worki

Family LawPennsylvania1 attorney answer

If I’m 16 and have a house, drivers license, car, financial stability, and money, can i adopt?

i have financial stability and a house along with a car and was wondering if i can adopt. I can finish my senior year online and I’ve raised my little

Family LawOklahoma1 attorney answer

I am completely lost when it comes to this process so I have quite a few

My wife and I had planned on having a baby and we did at home insemination we don’t have any information on the donor and I attempted to submit a Step

Family LawGeorgia2 attorney answers

How does it work if the kids wanna live with there dad but he doesn’t have any custody of them?

The two boys are over the age of 14 a they wanna live with there dad instead of there grandma but he had no rights to them.

Family LawMinnesota2 attorney answers

I’m planning to file my paperwork on my own, but I need a lawyer to review it. What’s the fee?

I’ve been married for 12 years, and we have no children. Our assets are limited to our house and two cars, and we don’t owe anything else. I’m trying.

Family LawWisconsin2 attorney answers

How to divorce immigrant and file for full custody of child?

My daughter married an immigrant thinking it was a real marriage. She got pregnant and he has done nothing to help her with the baby as watching him w

Family LawColorado1 attorney answer

What happens if my ex-husband decides that he is no longer happy with the marital agreement?

My now ex-husband signed our marital agreement and now he thinks I should pay him more for buying him out of our house. He read it, agreed to it and s

Family LawNew Jersey3 attorney answers

How to adopt your adult daughter without an attorney?

My 22 year old daughter wants my husband, her stepdad, to legally adopt her and change her last name? How can we file this ourselves and is it possib

Family LawNew York1 attorney answer

Can I consider this as adoption subsidy fraud and if its not is there anything I can do about it?

My adoptive parents get around $800-$900 subsidy every month. I'm not special needs so the money is not used for anything like that. I had recently fo

Family LawMaryland1 attorney answer

On behalf of my Grandson'20 years old, adopted at 16 I want to change my name back to my birth name.

I was adopted at 16, I am now 20 with no relationship to my adopted mother. My birth certificate has her last name and my original last name. My SSI c

Family LawMassachusetts1 attorney answer

Will I be able to terminate the other parents rights if he hasn’t been involved in over 9 years?

My son’s biological father is not listed on the birth certificate. My son was born on February 28, 2017 and has not had any contact with him since Jun

Family LawNevada1 attorney answer

Question about rights termination

Location: Georgia so I spoke with the a lawyer today about terminating my sons biological fathers rights. Bio dad has signed paternity acknowledgement

Family LawGeorgia2 attorney answers

Filing pro se “Stepparent Adoption” petition.

My husband wants to adopt my daughter. She 9, bio dad (we was never married) passed away when she was 7 months old. My husband has been raising her si

Family LawGeorgia2 attorney answers

Can we adopt, parents haven't been in contact with child for 8 months

Our grandson was removed from parents by CPS. We were given permanent custody last June. Parents have not seen or talked to child in 8 months and have

Family LawNew York1 attorney answer

Im disabled filling for ssi, could i adopt my 7yr old autistic grandkind ?

He is not receiving all the care he needs in mostly any way from his single mother, the dad does not care, see him or provide childcare regularly for.

Family Law1 attorney answer

Stepparent Adoption

My husband would like to adopt my daughter, who is turning 10. He has been in her life since she was 1, and we also have a son together who is almost.

Family LawIllinois1 attorney answer

Can my husband adopt my son during our divorce?

I have a 13 year old son. my husband came into the picture when my son was maybe a week old or so and is the only person he knows as a father. His bio

Family LawGeorgia1 attorney answer

How would I proceed with private adoption after PMC? Is granted ?

I have a foster child in Texas placed with me and am moving to Utah. Texas DFPS is stating I can't adopt but can take PMC then later a private adopti

Family LawTexas1 attorney answer

Can I adopt my child back if she been adopted but I have guardianship of her now

My kid was adopted when she was 3 years old and 12 years later the adopted parents ask me if I could take her back so I have guardianship of her for t

Family LawOklahoma1 attorney answer

What would I need to do to adopt my niece and nephew

My brother and his girlfriend went to jail asked me to take the kids for two weeks I agreed so that cos would not take the children they have had a ca

Family LawKentucky1 attorney answer
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