270 Search Results for "child support"

January 22, 2011

How Can I Get My Children’s Parenting Plan Modified?

...nt has made repeated filings of fraudulent reports of domestic violence or child abuse. There is also case law that one parent’s withholding of the child from the other may be a basis for a transfer of custody. Modification based on “substantial and material change in circumstances” means facts which arose since the entry of the prior custody order, which were not known at the time of the entry, and were not anticipated by the parties, such as Mom...

July 28, 2014

A Totally Unenforceable Marriage Contract

...situation of the parties re: step children or other family members who are children) desirous of having children and setting the best examples for them they possibly can during their upbringing: Now, therefore: 1. The parties hereby agree to marry for life on the ____ day of ____, _Mo._, (year). 2. The parties solemnly promise follows: a. Neither party will attempt to control, demean, abuse, or neglect the other. b. Recognizing that the parties ha...

April 7, 2017

THE SECRETS OF WINNING, Number II

...sy. Don’t let friends or family criticize the other parent in front of the child. Urge the child to respect and obey the other parent. Do not tolerate your “significant other’s” intrusive behavior. Bring them onboard to your collaborative approach. Be alert to the child’s receiving abuse or poor treatment at the other person’s home, but do not become an inquisitor! Search for a way to inquire into such issues without putting the other parent on th...

March 24, 2010

The Nuts and Bolts of Family Court

.... Other parenting rights such as decision-making; d. Access to records; e. Child support; f. Spousal support (or alimony); g. Equitable distribution of property and debts; h. Whether a restraining order should issue; i. Attorneys fees; and, j. Temporary issues such as possession of a car or house. 8. Persons seeking relief after the petition and answer have been filed, often file “Motions”. 9. Typical motions are “A Motion for Temporary Relief”, “...

October 17, 2018

GAPS IN WV FAMILY LAW

.... When an unmarried parent of an infant seeks child support, the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement Attorney prepares most orders, and even where the court assumes jurisdiction and awards a parent child support, it routinely fails to include a “conclusion of law” that the parent receiving child support has actual custody. Inevitably, somewhere down the line, someone withholds the child and causes “all hell to break loose” because neither parent h...

July 23, 2017

So You Have Your (Child Custody) Agreement: Now What?

...nsultation” with a good lawyer (me) reviewing your actions to date, making sure you have documentation, and deciding whether to give the other side “just one more chance.” Of course. serious acts such as child abuse or sexual abuse require immediate action such as reporting at the Child Protective Services, taking the child to the emergency room, filing an emergency ex parte petition or motion for expedited relief, and even reporting the offense t...

December 16, 2012

I Wonder What’s Gone Wrong? Newtown Connecticut

...heir oldies, to blues, jazz, and even the classics, but with buds in their children’s ears, the parents only know their kids’ music is intolerable, and the children know only what their peers know. s. “Good parents”, even those who aren’t hiding in their churches, still want to protect their children, so they may shield them from so much that the young adult is overwhelmed with temptation when they move to the freedom of college life. t. Other par...

March 15, 2014

Family Law

...you can move on with your life. Learn more about divorce Child custody and child support I help parents who are divorcing as well as parents who have never been married establish a workable legal framework for supporting and raising their children. Learn more about child custody & support Paternity Officially called allocation of parental rights, establishing the paternity of a child gives the father the right to be a part of the child’s life and...

March 6, 2011

Rehabilitative Spousal Support – The WV Statute

...forth in section 8-103 of this article. An award of rehabilitative spousal support is appropriate when the dependent spouse evidences a potential for self-support that could be developed through rehabilitation, training or academic study. (b) The court may modify an award of rehabilitative spousal support if a substantial change in the circumstances under which rehabilitative spousal support was granted warrants terminating, extending or modifying...

November 18, 2017

Mediation Food for Thought

...sed parenting plan, setting out your proposed allocation of time with your child/ren, including school time, overnight time, holidays, and summers, and the sharing of decision making and full access to your child/rens’ records of all kinds. BRING EVERYTHING WITH YOU TO MEDIATION! If there is a serious history of violence or health risk, you will be permitted to explain that on the mediation intake form. No one is expected to put health or safety a...