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Trust Mikado, you told me ealier that your child was going to dye your hair. Trust her already. This is absolutely not legal but psychology is my field. There is a great deal of research about identity. research shows that you can help her to identify with being a person who respects the...

Idea I found that asking the police to file what is called an informational report was handy. Either they report what you say as fact or they investigate. This is good support for any claims you make in the future.

Question What do you want to take him back to court for?

Watch it trvlngyrl, The danger of asking advise from such a forum is that you can get information from someone who really doesn't have a clue. For your benefit I would suggest that you google for UCCJEA and read what is said about it and its application. I have personal experience with this...

Uccjea Belize, your response offers nothing. By continuous, I would assume you are referring to continuous and exclusive jurisdiction. This means that once a court has take jurisdiction, it holds jurisdiction except for listed exceptions. The original detemination is the critical point here...

Uccjea The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement act is the relevent law to be applied. The law gives continuing exclusive jurisdiction to the “Home State” .The definition of home state is the State in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least...

I am so glad I divorce here instead of NY. My ex is paying only $300 for an attorney that speciallizes in International Domestic relations and appeals. He is the most expensive in this state. Not that it has done wonders for my ex.

fees Most attorneys charge an hourly fee for their time. The fees range from about $100/per hour to in some extreme cases $300 per hour when specific legal knowledge is necessary (ie international cases). As the fees are based on an hourly rate there are few things that you can do to reduce...

no fault state In most cases a spouse having an affair is an issue that the courts take little interest in. Washington is a no fault state. The only grounds for divorce are irreconcilable differences. [Revised Code of Washington Annotated; Title 26, Chapter 26.09.03]

website It seems that I am always liable has summed up the issue very well. If you want to look up that case or possibly others relating to your issues, Findlaw is a website where you can find many cases. There is a part of it that is by membership only, but you can access a lot of info...

Question You said that you are his dad, but do you have custody of him? The reason this is important is because, for example his mother has custody or you have joint custody, you should not move him anywhere without her consent.

She will be OK Hey with a Dad like you, it sounds like she is going to be fine. I glad. And don't worry about others coming down on me. It seems like that is pretty normal on this forum.

While, your son cannot determine how the payments are spent he can request that the case be referred to mediation to determine how other arrangements are made. (Revised Code of Washington Annotated; Title 26, Chapters 26.09.015, 26.09.030, and 26.09.181) A mediation process can help a divorcing...

Mikado, Not a legal point, but how is your daughter doing. I worked with juveniles for a long time and I have heard how traumatized they feel. Please let her know that there are people out there who do not feel like that is OK. Good luck. With whatever legal course of action you take or not.