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General Child Custody Questions
FAQs
What are some common arrangements for child visitation?
Is marital status important in seeking child custody and visitation?
What factors go into determining custody and visitation?
Do the wishes of a child have any influence in custody decisions?
What if both parents agree on child custody and visitation?
What if the parents disagree on child custody and visitation?
Is homosexuality an important factor in determining custody?
Does religion enter into the determination of child custody?
Does an extramarital affair have an impact on custody?
Can custody rights be modified?
What if I do not like the present custody order? Can I file for custody in another state?
Can visitation be denied to a non-custodial parent?
What happens when visitation rights are frustrated?
If child support is not paid, must visitation be allowed?
What is a visitation exchange?
What if the custodial parent wants to move away from the non-custodial parent?
Do grandparents have visitation rights?
Can grandparents be awarded custody of their grandchild(ren)?
Can nonbiological parents be awarded custody?
What happens in a custody dispute where one parent is mentally ill?
Are there juries in custody cases?
Can expert witnesses be used in custody battles?
I have custody of our children. Can I claim the child as a dependent?
What is child custody?
What are some common terms?
What is the difference between custodial parent and non-custodial parent?
What is child visitation and a ‘parenting plan’?
My ex has custody of our daughter and I have visitation rights. Ex skipped out of the state without informing me of her whereabouts. The custody agreement says she cannot leave without my permission and the courts. What are my options?
My fiancé and I want to move out of the state for a better job. Do I have to inform the biological father of the pending move? We have no formal court order regarding child custody or support. He has not seen his daughter since birth, or contributed any money.
My child's wish is to stay with me because we ‘do’ things in contrast staying with the mom who lets our child do anything she wants. Won't the judge take that into consideration in determining custody?
Under a court order I give up my kids to my ex for 4 weeks in the summer. Do I have the right to deny him those weeks because they are in conflict with the days I would like?
I have joint custody with my ex who just drops off our 5-year old child at his mom's during the school week and picks her up at 10 pm. He does not supervise her homework or her personal hygiene. Can I revise this custody arrangement?
My ex does not deliver our teenage son at the scheduled times/days. How do I go about enforcing the schedule as worked out in the court degree?
I live in one state, my ex lives in another with the children. Visitations are at his whim. Where do I go to work out a schedule?
My husband's ex is mad at him and therefore doesn't let me see his child at the court appointed times, though they both have legal joint custody. She tells him that she doesn't trust him. Can we just go and pick up the child from school?
My ex-wife has had custody of our children since the divorce. It has been four years. I would like to have physical custody of them for awhile. Under what circumstances can I obtain a change of custody?
What qualifies as a "material change of circumstances?"
My ex who has custody of our 7-year old son lives with someone without being married. Can custody be changed in this situation? What if it was a homosexual living arrangement?
My son is going through a divorce. I am afraid that his wife will exclude us from seeing our grandchild. Can she do this?
My ex-mate and I are divorced. I have custody of the teenagers, and he has visitation rights. My daughter has told me that he is "weird" with them, not any sexual overtones, but erratic in his behavior. As a result I am concerned about my children's health and safety during his visitation periods. Can I do anything about it?
I was awarded custody of my 3-year old son after my 10-year marriage collapsed. I remarried shortly thereafter and my son considers my husband his "real" dad, especially since his "real" dad hasn't seen him at all. In the event that I die, can custody of my child transfer to my new husband?
What if the child's best interest does not coincide with the parents' personal desires?
I married an army colonel after my divorce. He recently was re-assigned to another out-of-state base. Could my ex-husband stop us from taking the children to the new location?
My husband and I were godparents at the baptism of our best friend's child. The couple were both killed in a plane crash. The grandparents are filing for custody. Do we have any rights as godparents in this matter?
My husband and I took in our 9-year old grandchild who essentially has been abandoned by both his biological parents. We would like custody. How do we go about it?
Types Of Child Custody
FAQs
What are some common terms?
What is the difference between custodial parent and non-custodial parent?
Parenting Plan
FAQs
What if both parents agree on child custody and visitation?
What is child visitation and a ‘parenting plan’?
Arrangements For Child Custody
FAQs
What are some common arrangements for child visitation?
Do the wishes of a child have any influence in custody decisions?
What if both parents agree on child custody and visitation?
What if the parents disagree on child custody and visitation?
Can custody rights be modified?
What if I do not like the present custody order? Can I file for custody in another state?
I have joint custody with my ex who just drops off our 5-year old child at his mom's during the school week and picks her up at 10 pm. He does not supervise her homework or her personal hygiene. Can I revise this custody arrangement?
I live in one state, my ex lives in another with the children. Visitations are at his whim. Where do I go to work out a schedule?
My husband's ex is mad at him and therefore doesn't let me see his child at the court appointed times, though they both have legal joint custody. She tells him that she doesn't trust him. Can we just go and pick up the child from school?
Can a prenuptial agreement contain provisions on future children’s custody and support?
What if the child's best interest does not coincide with the parents' personal desires?
Are internet visits counted against my visitation time?
Determining Factors
FAQs
What factors go into determining custody and visitation?
Is homosexuality an important factor in determining custody?
Does religion enter into the determination of child custody?
Does an extramarital affair have an impact on custody?
My child's wish is to stay with me because we ‘do’ things in contrast staying with the mom who lets our child do anything she wants. Won't the judge take that into consideration in determining custody?
Misc
FAQs
What is a visitation exchange?
Homosexual Relationships
FAQs
Is homosexuality an important factor in determining custody?
Interference With Custody Order
FAQs
My ex has custody of our daughter and I have visitation rights. Ex skipped out of the state without informing me of her whereabouts. The custody agreement says she cannot leave without my permission and the courts. What are my options?
Under a court order I give up my kids to my ex for 4 weeks in the summer. Do I have the right to deny him those weeks because they are in conflict with the days I would like?
My ex does not deliver our teenage son at the scheduled times/days. How do I go about enforcing the schedule as worked out in the court degree?
My husband's ex is mad at him and therefore doesn't let me see his child at the court appointed times, though they both have legal joint custody. She tells him that she doesn't trust him. Can we just go and pick up the child from school?
Visitation
FAQs
Can visitation be denied to a non-custodial parent?
What happens when visitation rights are frustrated?
If child support is not paid, must visitation be allowed?
What is a visitation exchange?
Do grandparents have visitation rights?
I have joint custody with my ex who just drops off our 5-year old child at his mom's during the school week and picks her up at 10 pm. He does not supervise her homework or her personal hygiene. Can I revise this custody arrangement?
My ex wants to relocate with our daughter to California. Can I ask the court to require internet visits as a condition to have the child be relocated?
Are internet visits counted against my visitation time?
Relocating And Child Custody
FAQs
What if the custodial parent wants to move away from the non-custodial parent?
My ex has custody of our daughter and I have visitation rights. Ex skipped out of the state without informing me of her whereabouts. The custody agreement says she cannot leave without my permission and the courts. What are my options?
My ex wants to relocate with our daughter to California. Can I ask the court to require internet visits as a condition to have the child be relocated?
Grandparents And Child Custody
FAQs
Do grandparents have visitation rights?
Can grandparents be awarded custody of their grandchild(ren)?
Nonbiological Parents
FAQs
Can nonbiological parents be awarded custody?
Mental Instablility Of Parent
FAQs
What happens in a custody dispute where one parent is mentally ill?
Tax
FAQs
I have custody of our children. Can I claim the child as a dependent?
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