Not without a change in the orders, but Joint Physical cannot be applied either.
You need to contact an attorney who specializes in custody and adoption. Generally, it will be easier if the father will consent to the adoption. If not then you will need to petition the court to terminate the father's parental rights. Each state has its own laws that govern such an issue. You need expert legal advice.You need to contact an attorney who specializes in custody and adoption. Generally, it will be easier if the father will consent to the adoption. If not then you will need to petition the court to terminate the father's parental rights. Each state has its own laws that govern such an issue. You need expert legal advice.You need to contact an attorney who specializes in custody and adoption. Generally, it will be easier if the father will consent to the adoption. If not then you will need to petition the court to terminate the father's parental rights. Each state has its own laws that govern such an issue. You need expert legal advice.You need to contact an attorney who specializes in custody and adoption. Generally, it will be easier if the father will consent to the adoption. If not then you will need to petition the court to terminate the father's parental rights. Each state has its own laws that govern such an issue. You need expert legal advice.
A court can terminate parental rights but that would not necessarily terminate the parents responsibility to support the child.
You have the visitation rights that were established in the divorce, and you have no custody rights.
What rights are you talking about? Are they parents? To give the 19yo custody or terminate the 15yo parental rights you have to go to court to do so. The 19yo have to petition for custody.
She can consent to a court ordered guardianship if she has sole custody and the father has no parental rights. If the father has any parental rights he must also consent.She can consent to a court ordered guardianship if she has sole custody and the father has no parental rights. If the father has any parental rights he must also consent.She can consent to a court ordered guardianship if she has sole custody and the father has no parental rights. If the father has any parental rights he must also consent.She can consent to a court ordered guardianship if she has sole custody and the father has no parental rights. If the father has any parental rights he must also consent.
The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.
As hard as possible
Termination of parental rights does not terminate one's child support obligation.
If you are not married the custody automatically falls on the mother and the father have to go to court to get visitation or custody. If you are married you have equal rights.
It's hard but it is possible in some circumstances. Parents have a legal right to custody (visitation) of their child, but if a parent is not fit to have custody the courts will terminate their parental rights. Generally the situation must be extreme, as in an actual threat to the well being of the child, for the courts to terminate any parental rights.
No, the mother is no more entitled to custody than the father. If the father currently has temporary or implied custody, then a custody order must first be established before you can get partial custody or visitation rights. For example, if you moved out and left the child in the care of the father, you forfeited your custody rights until an official custody order has been established.
Generally, if married he has custody rights equal to the mother unless she has brought a petition for sole custody in his absence. If he is not married his custody rights must be established by a court order.