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To order special visitation rights for grandparents, the judge will take into account many factors in the custody/visitation case including what the parents of the child wants. The judge will make their final decision on visitation based on what is in the child’s best interest and what the parents have to say about that is best for [...]

If you or your spouse or domestic partner has filed a petition and the other party has filed a response, you are involved in a contested case even if you agree on all your issues. This means that it will take both of you to complete the case and get a judgment. If you are [...]

It depends. There are three types of adoptions when you are not the spouse or domestic partner of the child’s parent: Agency adoption: when the Department of Social Services or a licensed adoption agency is part of the adoption case. Independent adoption: when no adoption agency or the Department of Social Services is part of [...]

When a couple legally ends their marriage of domestic partnership, the court may order one of the spouses or domestic partners to pay the other person a certain amount of support money each month (alimony or spousal/partner support). NOTE: Spousal/partner support are difficult legal issues. -Understand spousal/partner support — how long the support may last [...]

How will child support be decided? Guideline Child Support Factors Are: 1) Period of time the children spend with each parent. 2) Parents earnings or potential earnings. 3) Additional income the parents obtain. 4) Number of children. 5) Tax Status These are just a few factors to be considered when determining child support.

A divorce (also called “dissolution of marriage” or “dissolution of domestic partnership”) ends your marriage or domestic partnership. After you get divorced, you will be single, and you can marry or become a domestic partner again. If you get divorced, you can ask the judge for orders like child support, spousal support, partner support, custody [...]