| Child Custody Modification Agreements |
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| Whether the issues of custody and visitation were agreed upon by the parents or determined by a court after a custody hearing, the parents may later agree to modify the court order as to who has legal custody, who has physical custody, who has rights of visitations, and the terms and periods of custody and visitation. More... |
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| Former Stepparent Visitation Rights |
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| A stepparent is considered a legal stranger to a child and is not automatically entitled to visitation rights. However, where a close relationship between the child and the stepparent has been established, a court will consider granting rights of visitation and in some case, stepparents have been awarded legal custody. More... |
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| Liens to Enforce Child Support Obligations |
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| Where a past due child support obligation has been reduced to judgment, a lien can be placed against property owned by the parent who owed the child support, and the state agency or custodial parent can execute on that property to collect the amount owed. More... |
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| Child Support in Shared Custody Cases |
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| Most child support guidelines present a formula for calculating child support where the parents share custody of the child or children. More... |
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| Putative Father's Right to Custody vs. Natural Mother or Legal Parent |
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| The changing nature of marital and other domestic relations in the United States, and concurrent changes in public attitudes toward such things as the status of children born outside of marriage, have been accompanied by an evolution in the manner in which the legal system treats a number of issues of family law. One group of these issues concerns the right of a putative father, that is, a man who is supposed or reputed to be the biological father of a child born to a woman to whom he is not married, or who claims to be the father of such a child, to assert his entitlement to custody of or visitation rights with the child or children who are subject to his claim of fatherhood. More... |
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