Question: My ex-girlfriend is pregnant with our child, but she has decided she wants to have an abortion. Is there anything I can do to prevent her from having an abortion? Can the mother terminate her parental rights after the child is born so I can take full custody and …
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Question: I married a woman who had a minor child, but pretended she did not know who the father was. Now we are getting a divorce and my wife is under the impression that I will have to pay child support for my stepdaughter. Will I have to pay child …
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Question: My ex wife is saying that a child that I thought was mine and paid child support for 14 years is actually someone else’s. Is it possible to get a refund for the 14 years of child support I paid for a child that is not mine?
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Question: My wife is pregnant with our first child due to be born later this year. She wants a divorce. Does the fact that my child is not born yet mean I will not be entitled to have some form of child custody?
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By William Halaz Attorney, Cordell & Cordell Note: Click here to read Part 1, which addressed these questions: What to do when a child is born during dissolution proceedings? If the baby isn’t mine but is born during divorce proceedings before our divorce is official am I legally responsible? What …
CONTINUE READINGBy William Halaz Attorney, Cordell & Cordell Note: Part 2 addressed DNA tests, birth certificates, and proving if you are/are not the father. What to do when a child is born during dissolution proceedings? Often, men are portrayed by angry spouses as abandoning their children during dissolution proceedings even when …
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Question: I have been raising a child since birth though I am not the biological father and the mother freely admits that. I did not sign a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity. I am almost certain that I could never get custody or maybe even joint custody of a child where …
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Question: My wife cheated on me and moved in with her boyfriend in 2006 and moved to another state after that and I haven’t been able to find her since. About 4 months ago she called me and said she was pregnant with another man’s baby and it’s due in …
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Question: I am pregnant with a man’s child that I am no longer dating. We mutually agreed that he will have no parental rights of the child in terms of finances, visitation, custody, etc. I am trying to find out what the process would be to make this “separation” legal. …
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Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys: I have a child support order from another state for two kids that I found out aren’t mine. How do I go about stopping this order? Are there laws that govern when, and/or if, you are …
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