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good point. ok. that makes sense. i think that i have to accept the fact that i can only control so much. if the baby gets unsupervised visitations, and something happens to the boy at the hands of his father, i will be beside myself, though, you know? i have a feeling that the main reason the...

my lawyer... i dont understand how the visitation will pan out. if i take the baby to the family social services building, and the daddy has two or three hours with the baby, will he have to stay at the fsd building or will he be allowed to take the baby out? what if i request that the...

right. no plan. yeah, the petition basically said that he wanted to share joint legal and physical custody without a plan because he is able to care for the baby just as well as i am. there was no plan as to how that would pan out. i did get a lawyer who took my case for about $1250. he filed...

there is no parenting plan at the moment. babys daddy is takin me to court to get one. thanks on the stuck pig thing. i thought it was a lot of money for simply filing paperwork. my biggest concern now is if i cant get a lawyer in two weeks, and i decide to cooperate with babys daddys lawyer, am...

wth??? omg! i am about to embark in a custody battle, and i didnt understand a word of all that legalese! i hope the origianal issue becomes resolved in english.

oops... i meant he wants joint custody to get out of paying child support and in order to have an excuse to interact with me.

What is the name of your state? Missouri my main question is can i cooperate with my ex and his lawyer to agree on a parental plan, or would i get screwed? for an order of protection case, i was provided with free advocacy. i was granted a full order of protection against my ex on 11-17...

yeah! humpf! you cant get in trouble for taking your baby back. but it might look good for you to file a paternity action against your babys daddy and claim that he is th one who might run off with the kid. it doesnt look good for him that he was sneeky. but dont try to let you problems with...

in MO, there are really no laws about emancipation? a friend of mine who is 17 is considering emancipation, but is clueless aobut how to obtain it. her mother currently has custody, and her father is absent (often in jail for failure to pay child support), and the poor girl is frustrated with...