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Family Law questions and answers

• How Is Property Divided In An Illinois Divorce?

  Asked in Elgin, IL | April 13, 2023

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• What Should Divorcing Parents Know About Maryland’s Child Custody Laws?

  Asked in Rockville, MD | June 29, 2022

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• We are parents of a one year old trying to protect her from toxic grandparent relationships. What can we do in advance?

  Asked in Asheville, NC | November 25, 2025

  We live about 3 hours from grandparents. They have never respected our boundaries with our lives and that of our daughter. We want to have a pleasant holiday interaction (or none at all) and want to get ahead of things with a legal document, maybe, that all parties would sign and agree to in terms of presents, visitation(s), rules for our child, etc. We have ample reason to not trust either set of grandparents and the past toxicity is insane. We don’t want any trouble this year or damage to our child. Thanks!

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• How to terminate parental rights due to abandonment?

  Asked in San Jose, CA | July 23, 2026

  I have no rights as my stepson's mother. His mother abandoned him when he was 10 months old due to substance abuse/addiction, multiple incarcerations, and starting a relationship with my husband's cousin. She has been released on parole recently and wants her rights to parent even though she has not been around. My son is 12 years old. I need help terminating her rights as a parent.

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• If I’ve been slandered and lied about and going to court because of it, what do I do?

  Asked in Visalia, CA | July 27, 2026

  I took my daughter's cell phone away and went to the grocery store, came home, and was arrested. I’ve been going to court now for almost 4 years. I’ve gone to family court and now criminal court. They took my daughter away. My daughter completely lied, and I have a lot of information in proof, and nobody will do anything for me to help me through this, but more than that, my rights have been violated at least 1000 times through this whole process. This is ridiculous, and I don’t know what to do.

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• How does a court decide spousal support in Wisconsin?

  Asked in Milwaukee, WI | September 9, 2018

  Answered by 3 attorneys

  

• Father of daughter is taking me to court for paternity test and owes back child support. What are my options?

  Asked in New Haven, IN | January 5, 2026

  Father has been in jails & prisons most of her life. He is trying to get out of paying back child support. Now I & my daughter have to take off work to get test done and pay for it. This has been going on too long. What are my options?

  Answered by 1 attorney