Legal Questions and Answers
My 18 year old daughter was in a detention center and they want me to pay the cost.
My daughter got convicted of a crime and CYS send her away to a detention center for 80 days.She was over 18 and lives with her mother but are trying to get me to pay for cost of placement.Is that possible??
12/03/2016 | Category: Minors » Age of Major... | State: Pennsylvania | #27452Whether minor birth parent has the right to give consent for an independent adoption?
My husband and I live in California. We have decided to adopt a child from our family friend. The birth parent of the child is a minor. Does a minor birth parent have a right to give consent to the independent adoption?
12/02/2016 | Category: Adoption » Consent of M... | State: California | #27426What are the requirements while selecting an adoptive parent in independent adoption?
My husband and I are living in California. Our family friend had a child a month ago and they want us to adopt their child by the method of independent adoption. We are happy to adopt because we are unable to have a child. We would like to know whether the birth parents can select the adoptive parents under independent adoption?
12/02/2016 | Category: Adoption » Independent ... | State: California | #27425My wife and I are adopting. Under what grounds can approval be denied?
My wife and I live in California. We have been selected by a birth parent for the process of independent adoption. We are aware of the interview and investigation process conducted by the agencies of independent adoption. We would like to know under what grounds the agency can reject the final approval for adoption?
12/02/2016 | Category: Adoption » Independent ... | State: California | #27424I'm 17 and dropped out of school. I earn enough money at my job to support myself. Am I emancipated?
I'm 16 years old and I still live with my parents in Dayton. I've dropped out of high school and I earn enough money through blogs and youtube videos to support myself. Am I emancipated?
12/02/2016 | Category: Minors » Emancipation... | State: Ohio | #27423I started a company at 19 but my Father will not let me drop our of college and work.
I started a company with my friends and I started developing an android application. After the launch of the app in the appstores across all plaftorms, two companies have approached us to join them and merge our operations with them. My father will not allow me to drop out of college and work on my own. I am 19 years old and live in Detroit. What can I do to pursue what I have ...
12/02/2016 | Category: Minors » Emancipation... | State: Ohio | #27422I was pregnant at time of my annulment and ex-husband refuses to acknowledge child.
I got my marriage annulled by the family court in Ohio after I found out that my husband had another wife living in New York. We were married for 10 months. I was 6 months pregnant with his child when I received the decree of annulment. He refuses to acknowledge the child to be his in order to avoid paying child support. I will not be able to support the child on my own. What d...
12/02/2016 | Category: Paternity » Annulment | State: Ohio | #27421In the case of an expecting minor mother, is parental consent an essential for obtaining healthcare?
I just got to know that I am two weeks pregnant. I am 16-years-old and am in a private school in Detroit. I have decided on having the baby. But my parents want me to abort the child due to the social stigma they might have to deal within their social circle. My parents are adamant on it and have threatened to provide any consent for obtaining health care services if I plan to ...
12/02/2016 | Category: Minors | State: Michigan | #27419Is a child born out of wedlock entitled to financial aid from their biological father?
I am 8 months pregnant now and am on maternity leave. I work as an accountant in a mid-size firm in Grand rapids. I am not married and am worried about the medical expenses that I am going to have to incur once the child is born. Am I entitled to get any financial support from the child's biological father?
12/01/2016 | Category: Minors » Child Support | State: Michigan | #27414Is probate essential if the estate’s value is only $ 80,000.00?
My uncle was living in Carroll County, Illinois. He passed away last month leaving a will. I’m named as the executor of his will. My uncle has left behind stocks worth $50,000 and a bank account with a balance of $30,000. His will does not mention any debts to be paid out of the estate. Can I administer the will without probate?
12/01/2016 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Illinois | #27409