Questions tagged [family-law]
Law regarding domestic matters, such as the relationship of spouses, or between parents and children.
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Making false statements and affidavits in Family court
The applicant in the family court has used multiple false statements and affidavits to drag a case for 10 years. The applicant's lawyer has used false statements in the court to get decisions in the ...
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After a divorce, what corollary relief may remain available?
After a divorce has been ordered, what corollary relief (orders for property division, spousal support, child support, etc.) may remain available to the former spouses?
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Why might a court not be allowed to order the sale of home owned by a tenancy of the entirety?
I am reading a case from 1978, Kahn v. Kahn, in which the Court of Appeals in New York debated whether it had the authority to order the sale a couple's home during divorce proceedings.
The principal ...
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How can misattributed paternity cause "a welfare minefield"?
It is in the news that a council was denied their request to force a DNA test on a child where there was a case of suspected intentional misattributed paternity. In criticising the family involved ...
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What exactly determines the gender of a party in a divorce case?
We have a divorce case, husband X divorcing wife Y.
However, somewhat simultaneously, wife Y is undergoing a Female-to-Male transition.
What exactly would be the necessary trigger/condition for the ...
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Does a birth certificate list the baby's legal or biological father?
Suppose a married woman has a child whose biological father is someone other than her spouse (e.g. due to an affair, rape, or because she is in a same-sex marriage), but she and her spouse want the ...
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What happens when a father wants his child vaccinated but the mother does not?
I asked this question to a social worker once and she thought real hard about and could not give me an answer beyond the statement that vaccinations are very important to the safety and welfare of ...
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Divorce court jurisdiction: filing
Is there a uniform rule on where a spouse can file for divorce? I can see 4 possible jurisdictions:
Where the couple married
Where the filing spouse lives
Where the non-filing spouse lives, if ...
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When separated parents share parenting and one parent objects to a dangerous activity, does it matter whether the activity requires enrollment?
In the Danish "family-law" or "paternal responsibility law" there is a phrase concerning parents with shared custody, the parent with the registered address has a veto right ...
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“if parties create a breach of contract then this agreement is null and void and the division of proceeds shall be decided by court of law.” Meaning? [closed]
I am supposed to get 100% of the net proceeds for sale of a home as stated in an agreement drawn up by attorneys. However at the end of the agreement it says “If the actions of the parties create a ...
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Release my children from my debts at the time of my death [closed]
Upon my death how do I physically write the actual release of debt without an attorney, so my children are not held responsible for my debts.
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What proportion of parenting time makes someone a "primary parent"?
The terms "primary parent," "majority of parenting time," "shared parenting time," and "split parenting time" are used to describe the division of parenting. ...
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When flatmates get an AVO against each other, who has to move out?
If one flatmate trespasses in another’s room after an extended period of hostile verbal and nonverbal communication, can the flatmate who was trespassed against get an AVO? If so, who has to move out?
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Changing a Will
Person XYZ goes to an attorney and hires to the attorney to draw up a will. The attorney produces the will and it is signed.
After several years, the person goes back to the attorney and asks the ...
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Is this a conflict of interest for the lawyer
A lawyer, in the united states, is hired by person X to prepare her will and a medical directive giving her son the power to speak for her on medical issues (e.g. a POA for medical) if the mother ...
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