Question: My wife and I have been separated for five years. I filed for divorce in October and since then she periodically prevents me from picking up my child. She has intercepted her at school before I got there and has denied me picking her up on some Sundays, often …
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Question: Does my ex-wife have the right to post pictures of our daughter online without my permission when she has full custody?
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In recent months, the paternity fraud case of Carnell Alexander has drawn national headlines as a court has ordered the Michigan man to pay $30,000 in missed child support payments or face a prison sentence even though a DNA test has proven that the child in question is not his. …
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Question: I’m the father of a 6-month-old out of wedlock. The mother has only allowed me to see the baby a handful of times and rarely updates me on the child’s health and well-being. I pay $242 every two weeks for daycare and also drop off diapers, baby formula and …
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The case of Carnell Alexander in Michigan has exposed how problematic it is that the state lacks paternity fraud laws. The absence of those laws could cause Alexander to be sent to jail for failing to pay child support for a child that everyone agrees isn’t his. WXYZ-TV first reported …
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Question: My children are adopted by my soon-to-be ex-wife and are afraid of her. She rarely has anything to do with them since she abandoned us last year and has been verbally and mentally abusive to all of us. Since she is not the biological mother, can we vacate the …
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Question: My divorce was finalized while I was out of state. I haven’t signed any paperwork and have yet to receive any paperwork. I was told my parenting rights have been reserved. What does this mean and what can I do to change it?
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In November, North Dakota voters rejected the “Parental Rights Initiative,” which would have awarded equal parenting time to each parent following divorce or separation unless one parent was deemed unfit. Although the initiative failed, it is emblematic of a movement over the past half century to involve both parents in …
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According to a recent report from the Pew Research Center, less than half of U.S. kids younger than 18 live in a “traditional family” household. Today, 15 percent of children are living with two parents who are in a remarriage. According to data from the 2013 Current Population Survey, six percent …
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There are a number of stereotypes and misconceptions that drive the modern child-support system that have been covered extensively on DadsDivorce.com, but perhaps none are as confounding as the myth of the deadbeat dad. The concept of the deadbeat dad originates from a CBS special report by Bill Moyers that …
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