Can My Parental Rights Be Terminated While I Am In Jail?
Yes. A parent's rights over their child may be terminated due to the parent's abandonment of the child. A parent's incarceration may result in an abandonment due to the length of …
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What Is An Annulment?
An annulment in the legal sense is NOT the same thing as an annulment in the religious sense. A legal annulment means that the marriage was invalid from its inception and there are very limited …
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Distribution of Property Upon Divorce
Getting divorced involves a lot of financial decisions. The property, including real estate, stocks, personal property, bank accounts and other things, needs to be divided. Sometimes the couple getting divorced can work out an equitable arrangement themselves. If this is the case then the judge granting the divorce usually signs off on their agreement. However, getting …
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Intercepting Tax Refunds When a Parent Fails to Pay Child Support
It seems only fair that if a parent is entitled to a tax refund, and he or she owes back child support, then back child support ought to be paid off first. For that reason, federal law provides that if a parent owes back child support, then a state child support office can intercept that parent’s tax refund for you and apply it to the back child support. Even if the child for …
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