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• My ex has stolen my dog that is legally mine. She is registered under my city under my name. How can I get her back?

  Asked in Seattle, WA | August 14, 2026

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• What can I do if the mother of my child is making visitations really hard to deal with?

  Asked in Del Mar, CA | March 31, 2026

  By example if I don’t pick up the phone at the first ring when she calls she treats me with calling the police for a wellness check on my child or she is constantly calling him on a video call asking him to show her around my house and putting device trackers on him. Plus she always states I’m a bad father and that I have no rights or that she wants to replace me with her new partner. I have all this evidence on talking parents, the app the court gave us to communicate, plus she blocked me from her phone, preventing me from contacting my son.

  Answered by 3 attorneys

  

• What options are available to a California resident who is involved in an interstate or international custody dispute?

  Asked in Santa Barbara, CA | June 20, 2018

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• What kind of lawyer do I need to fight CPS misconduct?

  Asked in Jackson, MI | April 11, 2026

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• For NY name change, if convicted of a misdemeanor years ago, is any documentation required, or mention if sealed?

  Asked in Riverhead, NY | January 10, 2026

  The petition asks for the court, date, and charge. Is anything else required? Is mention required at all if the case was sealed?

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• I feel that I was set up and provoked so my spouse could get control of property. DVO. Is this something the court would consider?

  Asked in Hickory, NC | December 11, 2025

  Recently purchased a house and dumped all my savings into it. I believe that my wife and stepson planned out an argument to provoke me and take out DVO To get control of my assets/ property. Neither one helped with purchase or repairs. They locked me out and were waiting at the entrance. I was intoxicated. My stepson produced a gun and I slapped him and tried to get it. He then held me and my brother in law at gunpoint. 911 was called. I think my wife was acting the whole time. She took out papers and police arrested me without talking to any witnesses there besides those two.

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• Help with a coerced relinquishment of parental rights

  Asked in Kings Mountain, NC | March 2, 2026

  Judge dismissed with prejudice, told me if I file again, he's locking me up, so I'm not filing in 7b. I'm filing special proceedings, and this judge is assigned. Help what do I do?

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• My 388 hearing was denied. The lawyer I had hired had filed the 388 papers the day before court. What do I do?

  Asked in Los Angeles, CA | July 22, 2026

  When I hired this lawyer, I was told that they’d get me reunification again and that I’d get my son back, but nothing happened. Very unprofessional. Filled 388 paperwork the day before court. And now I got my rights terminated. They appealed it, and that’s where I’m at. What do I do? I need my son back. I did everything that was in the case plan.

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• How can a domestic violence case be dismissed in San Diego, California?

  Asked in San Diego, CA | May 8, 2020

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• How can I legally change my name?

  Asked in Atlanta, GA | March 11, 2025

  I’ve always disliked my birth name and want to change it to something that feels more like me. What is the process for changing my name legally? Will I have to get all new IDs?

  Answered by 2 attorneys

  

• He wants a declaration to invalidate the marriage from inception, is it possible?

  Asked in Chicago, IL | August 13, 2026

  A Finnish citizen married a Indian woman in 2002. She married a U.S. citizen in 2008 without disclosing her first marriage, and they had children. The U.S. husband discovered the prior marriage and filed invalidation of marriage in 2026. She reported her Finish divorce in 2018 during the case discovery, which may validate her second marriage as per IL law after 2018. The husband was never aware of her prior marriage and divorce, and married her and lived together in a good faith. He wants a declaration to invalidate the marriage from inception, is it possible?

  Answered by 2 attorneys

  

• How Does Relocating Affect My Custody Agreement In New York?

  Asked in New York, NY | May 18, 2021

  Answered by 1 attorney