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Comment on Is Divorce Contagious? by student loans

student loans — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:50:54 +0000

well written blog. Im glad that I could find more info on this. thanks

Comment on Grandparents’ visitation & child custody rights in North Carolina by Mark Spencer Williams

Mark Spencer Williams — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:52:08 +0000

You need to hire an attorney to help you. You will most likely need to file a Chapter 50 child custody action. Please let us know if we can help.

Comment on Grandparents’ visitation & child custody rights in North Carolina by Robin Harden

Robin Harden — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:36:34 +0000

Department of Social Services placed our infant granddaughter in our home under a “voluntary safety source” because the parents, ages 21 and 27, unmarried, were abusing drugs and alcohol and there were several violent incidents. They continue to drink and abuse alcohol. What would be the next step to gain actual legal custody? Can DSS do it or will we need to retain an attorney? We adopted our son’s first child by a different girl because of drug use, but we paid for an attorney after DSS failed to act and the baby ended up in the hospital. We do not want to adopt her, just gain legal custody so that we can guarantee her a stabile home until the parents get it together. She lives with her parents and her first child who is 2. Our son says he is trying to get into an Oxford HOuse. We are supporting him at this time because he does not have a job.

Comment on Passports for minor children involved in child custody disputes by Jim Navary

Jim Navary — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:48:05 +0000

I found the info about the passport denials very interesting. I was unaware of that. It makes perfect sense as it not only aids in collecting past due alimony but also it can help stop non-custodial parents from taking the child out of the country.

Comment on Grandparents’ visitation & child custody rights in North Carolina by Mark Spencer Williams

Mark Spencer Williams — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:57:29 +0000

Deborah, Thanks for your post. Once a Chapter 7 (abuse and neglect matter is closed), we strongly recommend that grand parents in a situation similar to yours file a guardianship or child custody action.

Comment on Grandparents’ visitation & child custody rights in North Carolina by Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:23:15 +0000

We discovered our daughter was using drugs in July 2009. She wanted to take our 23 month old grandson out of our home-the two of them would live with us during the week while she worked and they would go home to her apartment for weekends). We called child protective services and we were granted kinshipcare. She has only seen him about 5 times since last June. She lost her job, was arrested twice for possesion. We bailed her out and helped her get into a rehab program up near Asheville. She recently married one of the men in the program and they both left the program. We were hoping she would get the help she needed and be a part of her child’s life. This is not going to happen and we need to protect our grandson. Child protective services closed his case in December. Where do we go from here?

Comment on Parental alienation by Mark Spencer Williams

Mark Spencer Williams — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:13:23 +0000

Legal aid will help in some counties but not others with family law issues. That is why we started the Virtual Law Office. We help people who can’t afford a full service attorney by preparing the paperwork that you can file yourself. You represent yourself in court and we provide coaching to help you do it!

Comment on Parental alienation by Stephanie White

Stephanie White — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:27:21 +0000

Great resource, but how do you get legal help with this if you have no money and legal aid in your county won’t take the case? My husbands ex has not allowed him ANY visitation in almost 3 years and he calls legal aid in Gastonia every other week to be turned down. His ex has charged him in the past with abuse, trespassing, destruction of property–all of which got tossed out due to it being a lie.

He is on disability which barely pays the bills. I have little income that goes toward food, gas and school. We have tried to save money, but things happen and it has to be used to fix a car and such.

Comment on Parental alienation by forex robot

forex robot — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:42:27 +0000

What a great resource!

Comment on Parental alienation by mike jeffries

mike jeffries — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:14:10 +0000

Great overview. Thanks for raising the visibility of this issue and helping to educate parents, judges and other legal and mental health professionals.

Feel free to share the resources on our site with your audience — http://www.afamilysheartbreak.com. We’ve got a lot of good information that will help parents dealing with this destructive family dynamic.

Sincerely,

mike jeffries
Author, A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation