You have a right to HIRE counsel, or try and get pro bono legal assistance. Your attorney can always request a continuance, and if the issues addressed in the papers you received on the 21st are addressing a new issue that you were first made aware of at that time the judge will likely grant one. If the matter being decided involves the safety of the child you should be prepared to answer any allegations and expect to have a temporary decision made at the first hearing though. Regardless of what the issue being raised is you definetly need to appear at the hearing, with your attorney, even if you only met them in the hallway right before the hearing.
Everyone has a right to legal counsel, but it's not free.
The best thing to do is to seek legal counsel from an attorney .
With his permission you can.
Yes, you could get into legal trouble if you have a baby together and do not tell your husband where you are. If your husband does not abuse you or control you or harm you in any way he does deserve to be part of your child's life so seek legal counsel and get joint custody as long as your husband is not into drugs; a gang; an alcoholic and would be considered a fit father to the child.
file for custody
You now only have physical custody, but both you and your husband have equal custody rights to the child. That means he has a right to have physical custody too, and will not get into any trouble if he physically takes the child into his care. If you are afraid he might take the child, you will need to obtain a temporary custody order, signed by a judge, to make sure you become the custodial parent. That said, depending on your husband, the longer you have physical custody of the child, the more difficult it will be for your husband to obtain legal custody should you divorce.
Brandy and her Ex husband share custody of their daughter and are on good terms.
No, unless the baby's biological father relenquishes his parental rights, he would get custody of the child if the mother dies, not her husband. The biological father must sign his rights away to the mother's husband.
If your husband has joint legal custody he can contest you moving the child form the state where you share custody
You divorce and get custody over your kids or just get full custody!
No, not if he is the other person that has legal custody.
Sex between husband and wife play no part what so ever in a custody case. You must not that until a verdict comes out they are husband and wife legally.