What are the Colorado custody laws for unmarried couples?
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How can there be a husband if the couple isn't married?\n\nThey use a "best interest of the child" standard upon a divorce. My guess is they'd use something similar provided that the couple wasn't married and the man proved paternity.
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These are all links to good information regarding child custody in the state of Pennsylvania and the courts there weigh heavily on a child's best interests and desires.\n\n\nhttp://www.nlsa.us/public/family/fam3_custody.htm\n\nhttp://www.divorcelawinfo.com/PA/pacustody.htm\n\nhttp://www.divorcenet.com/states/pennsylvania/paart_18\n\nhttp://members.aol.com/StatutesPA/23.html
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You definitely need to contact somebody... Try starting with your local DVACK shelter... DVACK is for domestic violence... Tell them that you are scared for yourself and your child and get a protection from abuse order, he won't beable to come near you or the baby, and you can get your court proceedings started from there. you definitely need to talk to your local SRS office and tell them you want to start the custody to make sure you have residential custody, because if you don't, he has every right to that child just like you do.  He will beable to take her and there is nothing you can do to get that child back until you go through court and ask for visitation. That can take months to do, if he gets the child before you start the proceedings,and no child should go months let alone days without seeing their mother. If you hurry and do that, if he does take the baby, they could then issue an Amber Alert and put his butt in jail! Good luck, but act FAST, seriously!!!!!!!
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From the syllabus of the case, these were the major issues:\n 1. Child Custody. Joint custody is not favored by the courts of this state and will be reserved for only the rarest of cases.\n2. Modification of Decree: Child Support. A significant increase in the appellant's income, along with the increased ages of the children and the inability of the appellee to afford to pay the children's bills on the current support payment, meets the requirement of a material change in circumstances and supports the trial court's decision to modify child support payments.\n\nThe appellant (the one trying for joint custody) tried citing Neb.Rev.Stat. § 42-364(3) for support. That section:\n\n42-364(3)\nDissolution   or   legal   separation;  decree;  parenting  plan; children;  custody  determination;  rights  of   parents;   child support;   termination   of   parental   rights;  court;  duties; modification proceedings.\n(3) In determining custody arrangements and the time to\nbe spent with each parent, the court shall not give preference to either  parent  based on the sex of the parent and no presumption shall exist that either parent is more fit or suitable  than  the other.\n(http://statutes.unicam.state.ne.us/corpus/chapall/chap42.html)
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They're talking about a decision by a Michigan appeals court that limited visitation by a divorced father using a cohabiation law. See details at:
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cops cannot legally take custody of a child from one biological parent and give it to another.  UNLESS the children are in danger.  \n\nHe needs to get a court date and fight for custody of those kids.  Also, those cops can get in trouble for taking the kids.  \n\nIf the house was his, the wife had no right or business having a key or allowing anyone else in the house without his permission.  \n\nHe needs to get a lawyer and do it soon!
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In all 50 states, family law pretty much is consistent in that the custodial spouse must allow contact unless he/she can prove that such is not in the interests of the child/children.\n\nYou should seek a lawyer or complain to the Child Support Enforcement agency in the state where she resides.\n\nBe patient.  You kids will be around for a long time, never loose your cool.  This is a life-long comiitment, not something that can dealt with quickly.\n\nGood luck.  You're doing the right thing.
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Yes, here's some material on that: \nhttp://library.findlaw.com/2000/Jul/1/131781.html (summary of rights)\nhttp://www.dads.state.tx.us/services/agingtexaswell/legal/grandparent_visitation.html (Tex. Dept. of Aging)\n\nThere are also common-law rights (or more correctly perhaps, priority for guardianship), but these are mostly applicable in cases where parental incompetence (or incarceration, death or abandonment) is shown.
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Try this:\n\nhttp://family.findlaw.com/child-custody/\n\nYou need to enter a ZIP code to find information on this website.
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There is usually some type of legal protection for "Common Law" marriages, which are people who live together for many years without marriage.  You will probably have to get a lawyer to help you, though.
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Only one person can have legal custody of the children.  Whoever has the most recent custody order has legal custody of the children.  \n\nProvided the court that issued the most recent custody order had jurisdiction to do so, its ruling counts in every state.  \n\nThe basis from this comes from the full faith and credit clause of the constitution.  One state can't ignore a valid ruling from another state.\n\nIf your dad has the most recent custody order and yo go get your kids, its kidnapping, if you take them across state lines, it become a federal offense.  You better make sure you know what you're doing before you take any action.
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Not at all. The laws are meant to prevent trouble, as well as take punitive action after something happens. If you are in a threatening relationship, get out. Get to a family lawyer and find out exactly what protection is available to you. \nGood luck!
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Only if the mother has remarried and the new husband wants to adopt the child.A child can not be made "fatherless" in the state of Pa.This is what my lawyer told me.
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I need to know what area of child custody law you are seeking in both states.
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Your question is very vague.....there are many laws concerning child custody.  AZ is a community property state but that doesn't automatically mean that both parents are going to have equal joint custody.
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I need to know if there are legal papers for temporary custody of a minor, and if so where can I find them?
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You're in a divorce proceeding and you don't have a separation agreement in place concerning custody?\n\nget to that lawyer fast, without a custody agreement registered with the court both parents have equal access, rights, etc., including rights to custody.\n\nIf there is no court order and he decides to keep the child a police officer could not help you as there is nothing in place to say he can't keep the child and he has an equal right to be the custodial parent until a court says otherwise.