Custody

Well of course! But its really great if you can go through court and see a judge about that. If you just go and get your child from her father, even if he says that its okay, you can still get into trouble if he didn't at least give you temporary custody.

Yes. You should visit the family court and inquire about what must be filed with the court. There should be a form available. Each can sign the petition and once it is signed by a judge it will become permanent.

Yes. She can choose the name of her child.

Yes. She can choose the name of her child.

Yes. She can choose the name of her child.

Yes. She can choose the name of her child.

If your parents arent ready for you to do this. Respect their wishes and wait until you can make this decision without there permission. Like when you no longer live under there roof. I know this may seem outdated but show your parents that you do respect them by abiding to their request. They have apparently raised a child that has a conscience if your asking before doing and that means they did a good job now its your turn to thank them by listening. If this really means alot to you the only way to get them to change their mind is by overcoming their objections. I dont know what they are but you do so start from there and if it becomes too much of an issue, because this is not something to have family discord about, let it ride. Why would you want to get pierced? Do you feel that having piercings is the only way to be accepted? Piercings don't make you cool. They just show that you are weak and give in to peer pressure. Why would you want 'friends' that only accept you if you have piercings? Your parents are much more experienced in life. Ask them the pros and cons. Don't rely on your friend's opinions. They don't have any real life experience. Trust you parents. They aren't trying to ruin your life. They aren't trying to keep you from having fun. They love you and want the best for you. Trust their advice, and their experience. Your parents guidance can be trusted more than the advice of some teenagers. Teenagers know much less than they think they do. They just don't know that they don't know. Good luck. DaytonaHead.

18. However the child is always free to make their wishes known to the judge, either in court when custody is being decided, by requesting a meeting with the judge, writing a letter to the judge expressing their wishes, or engaging an attorney or guardian ad litem to speak for them. The judge will take into consideration the wishes of the child, and generally, the older the child, the more weight is given to those wishes.

Ultimately, however, the judge will rule depending on what he or she feels would be in the best interests of the child.

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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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yell, swear, slam doors, talk back, walk away, say i hate you, roll eyes

In all states the mother has sole custody and control at the time of the birth. Unmarried fathers have no assumed parental rights, just financial responsibility. The father does have the right to petition the court for permission to see the child. see links below

Here is a scenario 2 mothers went to a grocery store with their children and all the mothers must rush home to make dinner and the mothers are running an hour late. Let's call the mothers A and B.

Mother A before driving to the store, at home she took the time to explain to her 4 year old child that if he behave and does not run around the store then when they are done shopping he will pick out a small toy from the store to take home (even though she did not want to sped the time explaining her child she did). When explaining she made eye contact and really dedicated the 5 minutes only to him to go over the rules. She also told the child he can help put things in the cart to make things fun.

Mother B on the way to the store in the car she tells her child if you run around in the store you will be punished or spanked and you will have no toys to play with I will take them away. We don't have to run around we must get home to make dinner I'm late. You must be good.

Now you are at the store with all the mothers and their kids. You see mother A with her child and the child sees the toy he wants so he is getting a bit uneasy but she reminds him of the deal she maid with him. The child does not want to wait and wants the toy she stops and tells him lets finish up here we only have a few things that we need and we will go back to get your toy. In the mean time you can help me put things in the cart and we can sing a song. And the child does not want to wait but he does, and eventually he gets his toy.

Mother B with her kid. Her kid runs around the store and she is yelling at him come here. I told you are not going to get toys, and she tries to get him under control but she has a hard time with that.

Mother A child gets reassurance and he is spoken to in a different way then mothers B child. Mother B child gets threatened the toys will be taken away and etc.. How ever the child does not know how to behave because it's not shown to him. He sees the mother act and yell in the store at him so now he know that's the way we act when we need attention or wants to communicate.

Now what kind of situation you would prefer to be in?

Children watch us adults and they mimic everything we do. And yes parenting does play a big roll in children's behavior. So we need to look at our self before we expect our children to be angels. We need to give them time even when we are in a rush instead of five minutes take two. It makes a deferent's of the world.

With the American legal system, if the children are young the female will most likely get custody.

Receiving rights that have been signed over to the other parents depends on the circumstances. The best way to approach reversing the rights begins with hiring a lawyer, then evaluating the situation at hand.

You can wrote a letter to give someone temporary custody but not full custody. That have to go through the court to be valid and also through the court to be changed back. With temporary custody you can end it whenever you want by picking up the kids. How to write a temporary custody letter you find in the link below.

No. The child is considered an adult and no longer needs to be in the custody of an adult.

No. The child is considered an adult and no longer needs to be in the custody of an adult.

No. The child is considered an adult and no longer needs to be in the custody of an adult.

No. The child is considered an adult and no longer needs to be in the custody of an adult.

As in taking the child away from the other parent? Perhaps

The mother must bring the father's drug use to the attention of the court in order to have him deemed an unfit parent or to curtail his visitation rights so the child is not endangered while in her father's care. The court can stop visits or require supervised visits.

Well depends on how the father sees his daughter if he sees it in a sex way then yes, but if he just sharing a bed with her then no.

That completely depends on the custody arrangement that is in place and if you have no custody arrangement, it would be in your best interests to get one legally established before taking the child across state lines, particularly without the other parent's consent and/or court approval. Otherwise, you could be facing some very serious felony charges (kidnapping, a Class A felony in all 50 states). If that were to happen, it could also endanger your right to maintaining custody of your child.

You really need to do things the right way...make sure all of your i's are dotted and t's are crossed if there is no way you can work with the other parent and come to a reasonable agreement.

Each parent usually pays their own fees for child support. One parent can always request that the other parent pays for the fees incurred due to the hearing.

Here are a couple of ifs: Not married you have no rights. - You would have to file court docs requesting a paternity test if she will not do it herself. Not married but you are on the birth certificate. - You are automatically viewed and recognized as the father. If you disagree, you can ask for a paternity test. If you do agree you already have rights and can file court docs requesting visitation and joint custody with the mom. Married - On the birth certificate or not....whether you are the father or not - you are automatically viewed in the eyes of the court as the father. Case in point: Michael Jackson, married to his two oldest kids mom, even though he is not the father he is viewed as the father as he was married to the mom during preg and when she had the babies. He automatically has parental rights.

In general, child support is based on a percentage of net income. For example, in Illinois, the older/oldest child would receive 20% of net income. If you are also the NCP of the younger child, that child would receive 20% of your net income after deducting payments ordered and made for the older child. Being the custodian of a child does not reduce child support for other children, either older or younger, for whom you are the NCP.

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No. This is a very bad idea to go against a court order regarding child visitation rights. The custodial parent sometimes interferes with child visitation and forces the non-custodial parent to seek alternative ways to maintain the parent-child relationship. For the non-custodial parent whose right has been denied there are mild, moderate and severe enforcements of the right to visitation.

* Mild enforcements are: filing a police report, modifying the visitation judgment to exactly specify the time and place of visitation, award make-up visitation and family therapy or mediation

* Moderate enforcements are: supervised visitation, having a third party responsible for overseeing visitation and award of attorney's fees

* Severe enforcements are: contempt proceedings, court permission to withhold child support, change of custody and suing the other parent for hindering visitation

The problems with enforcement is that most judges are unwilling to take the steps necessary to enforce a visitation order equally to a child support order. When Public Law 12 was passed in the 80s creating the Federal Commission of Child Support, as a part of the requirements to receive federal funding, the states were to set up programs for the enforcement of visitation orders. So far no state has done that. Missouri did pass RSMO 565.156 §5 in 1989, making it a Class D felony to violate court ordered visitation, but county prosecutors have flatly refused to enforce it.

565.156. 1. A person commits the crime of child abduction if he or she:

(5) Having legal custody of the child pursuant to a valid court order, removes, takes, detains, conceals or entices away that child within or without the state, without good cause, and with the intent to deprive the custody or visitation rights of another person, without obtaining written consent as is provided under section 452.377, RSMo.

2. Child abduction is a class D felony.

According to the US Dept. of Health & Human Services study, "Survey of Absent Parents" over 60% of mothers regularly violate the access rights of fathers. Further, they are successful in cutting off all contact between the children and their fathers within five years. Unlike child support, mothers are not jailed, even with multiple Contempt of Court rulings against them for violating the fathers' court ordered visitation rights.

The best defense is a good offense, to have a motion to change custody ready the moment a judge rules a parent in contempt of a visitation order.

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Yes until she is emancipated. It might also be a good idea, since you allowed her to move, to see to that the child support goes directly to her and not to the mother unless she moved with them.

The mother has primary residential custody. However, the father has visitation rights which are likely set forth in a visitation schedule and he has the right to be included in any important decisions that affect the child. The father should review any documents related to his case including a separation agreement, visitation schedule, child support order and custody order.