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  A friend of mine is in hard spot,his ex has a child by another man that she concieved while still married to him.Her and the child's father are no longer together,she has moved on to someone else.
Can she collect support from my friend  for the child as well as the support she collects from the real father?
He is already supporting their children,and cant aford to be supporting someone else child?

My husband has an dated court order for visitation's with his child.In the court order it's stated that he have a phone call each week with the child.And this was also something the GAL wanted to in his report.
Now the BM is saying she no longer has a phone.And when you call its disconected.We called information and there's none listed.But we have strong info that she just had the number changed and unlisted.(afraid to post info in case she's comes upon this site.)
My ouestion is if she still has a phone,isnt that a violation against a court order, not to give the number to my husband?Not haveing phone contact is causeing problems with visitations and other things.Can something be done?

To all who read this,my family and i want to wish you and your's an early Happy Thanksgiving!!        

Does anyone know much about tax laws?My husband pays support year round/every year without delay for his daughter.We have never been able to claim her on our tax return.BM countless new husbands/boyfriends have every year.Most only work a month or two out of the whole year.How can it be legal for these people to be even getting this much back,working such a short time?Drawing help from the goverment.I'm talking 4 or 5 thousand each tax return.When my husband pays extra every year in support,buys school clothes and countless other items through the year.I know this sounds terible to some that im wineing about it.But it gets upsetting,new-S-dad work three weeks this year,and theyll get their useal 4 or 5 thou.And we'll see hardly anyhting spent on her,if anything at all!And countless items for the S-dad an BM.Were when we get our tax return any and all money we receive for our child goes on our child.And it would be the same for her.I guess this post became a vent along with questions.Sorry!!!!

Need advise! My husbands child has come to our house sick several times this year.Can he take her to the doctor to seek help without moms say so or haveing legal custody?And yes there were several times she was in need of treatment from a doctor.

Does anyone have any info on athens county standered visitation guidelines.My husband and i have returned to the state,he has a daughter here with and ex- girlfriend.He wants to increase his visitations with her.We have looked on the web and called the court house ,we didnt find anything on the web and the court house sent us all differnt ways that didnt pan out.Eny info you can give us,we'd be grateful.

BM has full custody,BF has visitations.BM has never had a job.BF has always payed support but has never been able to declare child on taxes.Who ever BM is with at the time husband/boyfriend always daclares child as dependent.Even thou they only work the average of 4-6 weeks a year.
1.How likely would the court be to change it,so BF can daclare child on taxes every other year.
BF and the state, support this child year round except the 4 to 6 week period.
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I've posted here in the past,it's been awhile.We need someone to point us in the direction to go.Hopefully some of you rember,some of my past post.
Well there is another chapter to this never ending story.My husband gets his child just about every weekend now and the past month we nocticed a decline in how clean his daughter looks when she comes here.
She's comeing to our home smelling,greesy/dirty hair,and scraching all over.But her clothes are clean.
Well this past visit we noticed as soon as she got here she was digging her head.My husband questioned her about it and she said she has dry scalp.Thinking her head to be just dirty Dad sent her to take a shower.We nocticed she still was some after that and he looked at her head and she had lice.
He took her up to BM and she wasnt home but SD was.Told what was wrong and BM needed to take care of her head as soon as possible,because we were leaveing town.
Later BM calls there's nothing on her head she say's.She didnt fine anything.Dad tells her well he did,and she neeed looked after.BM then said it was dry scalp from us haveing her use dandruff shampoo one time.Wich Dad replyed he seen lice on her head.Fianly BM amitted that the child and the rest had had lice but they were all treated and the house was cleaned.Maybe she might be getting them back a lilttle.
Can and how do we prove there is neglect here?This is the 5th time this child has been like this.I cant beleive the school hasnt caught it.How do we prove this,there are other things going on to.How do you show the  child has lice about three times a year.
Are we over reacting? Help..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My husband got a call from BM a few day's ago.She told my husband their child doesnt want to come for the next visitation.Because our child is mean to her,and put the daughter on the line to tell dad that to.
Wich the child did do,but turned around and also told my husband a brother there was hitting them in the private parts.
My husband was crushed ,he loves his children and wants to be able to spend as much time as posible with each one.And it hurt that they made our child out to be some little monster.
My child and step-child have been butting heads lately. My child has faught back lately and my step-child has took on the atitude that there's no rong on their part.It 's a case of teaseing,hitting,running away and hideing from sibling etc. and when our child saids something back or hit's back our child is the mean one.And SD feals they've done nothing rong to cause it.
We have tried  not take sides in any fight that the children have had.And do punish our child for any rong they do.
I feal that the BM has spoken so ill of me and my child,that SD has picked up on how she feals.And acting on it now.My husband is deeply worried that SD is going to go through life with the same feeling her mother has of poor me and everyone owe's me something.
We have talk with our child an explained that things had to change between them and their sibling and what would happen if it didnt.
I guess this has became a vent once again.But if enyone reading this has some input please feel free.....Thanks                                                      

I need advise on dealing with my SD.This past fall she has started acting out were it's becoming a real problem.
The backtalking,refusing to do enything and physicaly mistreating her younger brother.(more than normaly done),and more.
Now we have found her digging through my personal papers,diarys and even bills.And caught her reading my e-mail.
We have tried to talk to her but it's not working.Please any thoughts or advise is welcome.          
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I need advise from someone thats dealt with a step-child in their life.My step-daughter has been showing a nasty atitude on and off for the past month.This past weekend she was here and by the time she left i was in tears.I have never been talk to or treated so nasty by a child in my life.I was talked back to,verbaly lashed out at and sometimes totaly tuned out.She was overheard telling our son about demons,ghost and spirts ect.I couldnt get her to do enything.I dont know where its comeing from,we have always had a pretty good relationship.Sometimes we butt heads here and there but nothing like this.To beat all when dad walks in she's a differant child,hug's for daddy,i love you daddy and none of the above sent his way.When asked why she was acting this way she just shrugged her shoulders and said i dont know.I know this sounds like a pitty party, butt what i listed isnt all,and i cant take much more weekends like this.We actuley found her standing hideing places to hear what we were talking about.(no matter what the subject was)She's been telling our son mom's going to do this for her,get her this and their going this fun place.With a tone of ha ha.I dont know what to do.ADVISE PLEASE!!!!!!!

I'm asking on behalf of friend's.The husband has a child from a past relationship,before his current marriage took place.He recently found out the child was his and has visetation's every other weekend.
The child came to their home on a recent viset and stated she had started her period.The couple are realy worried,the child is still in the single degit's as far as age.And she has a small body frame.
Have any of you heard of a child haveing their period at and early age?Is this comon?They asked the child if she had any kind of accident ,and she said no.
The couple dont know what direction to go,they dont want to look like their causeing trouble.But dont want to let it go in case it's more.
What should they do???????????

My husband gave his thoughts on a situation at BM home.Their child lives with BM and we have her some weeknds.(two or three)My husband walk into her home and there was a nasty smell.(real nasty)My husbands statement was god whats that smell?Come to find out they had three cats and two dogs in the house using the bathroom on the carpet and alot of other things.We had wondered what was on the childs clothing before hand that always smelled.BM stated she didnt know how to get the animals to stop.When my husband saids i'll tell what i'd do, put the things outside were they belong and you wont have the problem.Which upset her and things have been real cold shoulder like,worse than they are usely .Whould the court see this as harassment.He was concern about it health wise.What i have written is his full statement to BM.What are your thoughts?

Can anyone tell me were i can get a copy of a standered visetation schedule for us to go by?We would like to have something to kind of go by when returning to court to update the current visetation schedule.We live in ohio.      Thanks!!

Is there enyone that knows the visitation laws of ohio.My husband has a daughter with an ex-girlfriend.We need to know if it's possible to go back into court and expand his visitation schedule and the right to have more info of whats going on in his daughters life,like with school etc.They were never married or even lived together,and didnt know the child was his till she was about 1 or older.When we lived out of state our time with her was very limeted because of the miles.But we live in the same state now and wish to have a more stable visitation schedule and more info in whats going on with their daughter.The mother was given legal and physical custody and my husband got one weekend a month,small amounts of time during holidays,along with one week in the summer.Which we returned to their state for all.Can he get every weekend(sat-sunday)more time during holidays and info about their daughter??She sent her to stay with us during the school year through the week and her weekends,we are back to weekends now school over.ALL info with the school while she was here was still past on to the mother.And the mother alot of the times wont tell my husband whats going on.Can enyone offer legal advice or their opinions our way? help!

My husband has a visitaion schedule that was ordered almost a few years ago.The following schedule was set forth due to us being in differnt states and the frist year of the child life he nor  mother didnt know who the father was.The mother was given legal and custodial rights,my husband got one weekend a month,some holiday visetations and a week in the summer.(which he went to their state)In the years following we made the weekend viset's, holiday viset's(baring any unforseen mishaps)And were even allowed a couple of summers when she wasnt mad to have their child at our home for 4 weeks in the summer.We have sense moved to the state their child and mother live in,in the past year.We started out getting their daughter every weeekend almost.Then this school year she sent her to stay with us during the week and with her weekends.My husband kept paying support.The school year is over and we are back to weekends.Does my husband have the grounds to go into court and ask for and a more expanded visitation order with the right to also know more about whats going on with their daughter.Any info you could pass on whould be helpfull.Thanks......

Is Joint custody the same or basicly the same as shared parenting?I've looked up three differnt sites and they gave me differant wordings.
And how hard is it to get the court to agree to a shared parenting plan?
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Does enyone out there know the age a child has to be in ohio for the court to consider their wishes.Thanks...

:-) Can anybody out there give me legal info for a  father in ohio that is seeking to expand his rights and visitations.A bit of history.Father and mother were never married or even lived together.Neither knew if the child belong to him or someone else untill she was a year old.We married when she was around two,and moved out of state.She got legal and pyhsical custody my husband got one weekend a month and limeted holiday viset's,along with one week in the summer wich we returned to their state for.She also let her come to our home for a four week period,two summer's.We have sense moved back to the state they live in.We started getting their daughter every weekend then last school year she sent her to stay with us during the week and her during weekends.Now its summer and it's back to weekends.My questions are can my husband go back to court and get his weekends set in a order and even expand the viset's.Also he was hoping to some how get it in an order that she gives him more info of whats going on with their daughter in school etc.My husband pays support even when she was staying with us.Any info you can pass on we would be gratefull. Thanks...