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My child is 14 and wants to live with her dad. She lives in NJ but wants to live in TN with father. At what age can she make that choice.?
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Only Texas has that law, but with significant restrictions. In all other states, it's a case by case basis, with the Judge interpreting the maturity of the child, and their intent, but this still does not override other evidence in the child's best interest. It's just a piece of the evidence.
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Can a child that is 13 in Texas make a choice to live with his father?
My child is 13 and lives in Texas and he wants to live with his father. Can he do this legally?
The mother lives in Washington and the father lives in California the child is soon to be 13 can the child decide who he wants to live with?
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Your niece lives with you but you are not her legal guardian can you help her sue her father for child support she is 15 and wants me to help her?
If you are their legal guardian, you can collect child support from both parents of the child. If you are not their legal guardian and they just live with you, you do not have rights to child support.
What if father wants to be in the child's life does he have to pay child support?
A father is responsible for supporting his child whether or not he is in the child's life.
What if the father knows that it's his child but wants nothing to do with the child?
A judge can order child support from the father if a court-ordered DNA test proves that he is the child's father.
In California if father has primary physical custody and both parents have joint legal custody can the child choose which parent he wants to live with?
No, legally a minor has no choice in the matter.
If a woman no longer wants the child can you adopt it?
That depends on your money and the choice of the mother.
Father wants custody of child and the mother is sick?
Father must petition for custody and court will weigh what situation is best for the child
Is it child abuse if a parent said his child could choose what ever he wants and the parent does not let him go to the school he wants to go to?
Depends if the parent has said that the child can choose what he wants, if the parent has then it is recommended that the child is given the choice of the school that they get to go to
If mother wants to give full custody of the child to the father what does she have to do?
It is very rare that a Mother wants to give full custody of a child to the Father. To this all a Mother would have to do is choose to sign and give up her rights to the child in court.
Does a father HAVE to have visitation with his child?
The law does not require a father to be involved with his child. On the other hand, a father who wants visitation will almost certainly get it, altho it can be supervised or otherwise restricted if evidence suggests that the father should not be alone with the child.
What if the father wants the best for his child does he still have to pay child support?
If the court has awarded child support, then the good intentions of the father are irrelevant. Legally, child support must be paid.
