The courthouse where you file your case is called the venue. The rules about venue are the rules about which courthouse you should file your case in. In divorce cases, venue is generally supposed to be in the city or county where the parties last lived together as husband wife or where the defendant resides. [...]

The key is to avoid a court in another state deciding your child custody dispute. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a law that has been adopted by every state but Massachussetts. The key concepts of this law are the child’s “home state” and “continuing and exclusive jurisdiction.” The term “home [...]

Issues concerning child custody are usually the most emotional of all. It is common for the parent who has custody to try to alienate the children from the other parent. Some parents who have custody try to exclude the other parent from the children’s lives completely. Sometimes they do so with good reason such as [...]

Everyone is legally obligated to support the children they bring into the world. If you are the father or the mother, you must contribute to the cost of supporting your child. If you are not the biological parent and have not adopted the child, or have had your parental rights terminated, you have no support [...]

We put to your disposition a downloadable list of service providers that Diane Fener compiled for the Public Defender Commission. It is fully updated as of July 1, 2005 by Dawn Young with most recent entry February 13, 2008 Download now in PDF format