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• How do I gain legal custody of my granddaughter? Daughter is unstable. Granddaughter lives with us full-time.

  Asked in Lafayette, IN | December 11, 2025

  My granddaughter has lived full-time with us since she was born. She is 7 years old. My daughter has been in and out of our house for the past three to four years. She is unstable and inconsistent with her financial support. Our daughter has allowed us access to school and medical decisions, but we need to make it more permanent. We would like to be her primary parent. Unfortunately, we are not able to pay $3-5,000 for a lawyer. We think this will be fairly simple and not contested. What are my options?

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• How do I get sole custody in New York?

  Asked in Glen Cove, NY | April 13, 2020

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• My child lives in California and I live in Colorado my child's mother hasn’t let me see my child in over 5 years

  Asked in Durango, CO | December 13, 2025

  My child's mother had changed her phone number and blocked me from everything. I am paying for child support. What can I do?

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• How Do I Get Custody in a California Divorce?

  Asked in La Jolla, CA | May 24, 2018

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• I need advice on getting some type of legal rights and custody over my non-biological son

  Asked in New York, NY | December 21, 2025

  I was in a same-sex relationship with my x for over 10 years 2012-2022/23. She got pregnant. we had the baby in 2019, the hospital wouldn't let me put my name on birth certificate bc they said we didn't use a donor, so the father had rights and we weren't married. they refused to put me on birth certificate. so as of now by law I'm nothing to him. and she goes back and forth not letting me see him. i fully supported both of them, was the only one working from before he was born until we broke up in 22/23. I do have my name on his christening paperwork from the church, I'm on all his medical and school paperwork as the parent, i have tax paperwork claimed as my kid, plus a ton of pictures from throughout the years, friends and family who can all support that. He calls me mom that's all he ever known me as. now as of now she won't let me see him. I need help getting rights and custody.

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