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Because my lawyer felt it best not to put all of our cards on the table and show proof of the visits my daughter has had with doctors and therapists and detectives.  My lawyers thinking was that the less he knows the less time he has to make up a alibi.  He doesn't know my daughter has had appointments and disclosed anything, he still believes it is me out to get him.  Even though in family court he was scared to death and crying when my lawyer told him he needed to get counsel immediately....  

1)Was it not wise to not disclose the crimnial thing...?

2)Is it to late for me to change the supervised order, I is making me sick to my stomach and I don't think it's the right thing to do?

Had court on yesterday, my attorney, myself and him were present.  You probably remember me because our case involves abuse and not physical.  We hadn't seen the home evaluators report so the judge put us in recess to allow both parties to review the report.  The report basically slammed him and recommned not changing current set-up, which is me sole physical and legal custody.  She said that she recommends supervised visitation for six months, and during that time the child should be in therpahy to determine if no contact at all should be rendered.  The other party and the courts are unaqare there is currently a criminal prosecution underway by the state's attornies office.  After reviewing the report the judge asked my attorney to speak with the other party to see if we could come to an agreement.  I have been in contempt of court since Feb by not letting him see the child every other weekend.  My attorney thought it best to go with the supervised visitation every other Saturday for two hours and in the back of our minds we are knowing that the criminal things is underway.  So we entered the supervised visitation, judge made it into a permanent order, closed for statistcal purposes only...  Today I am thinking I am extremely uncomfortable with the supervised visitation...

1) in the criminal investigation do I appear "weak" by giving him every other weekend supervised when for the last three months I allowed him no contact?

2) Could this supervised come back to bite me in the butt?

3) are there any negatives for allowing the supervised visitation and couldn't my lawyer file something asap saying that we have changed our minds?

The abuse we are talking about has been proven and the case has been turned over to the Attorney General for prosecution (I hope that lets you know what kind of abuse we are talking about).  At the time the evaluation was done everything was still accusatory, and since the evaluation the accusations have been proven...

1) Since the abuse has been proven, after the evaluations were done, does the evaluation still have merit?

A protection order was given to me through Child and Family Services (in MD) and the worker is coming to trail with me next week.  Official reports won't be avialable by the 31st (the trail) and the attorney general doubts prosecution will happen by then either...

2) Is it likely all contact with him will be terminated even though all official reports aren't available or is it more likely he'll have no contact until the next trail (is the judge continues it)?

There was a home evaluation ordered in my case, evaluation was done last month in April.  The child has been abused so I have been withholding the child from her father.  I have had a boyfriend for the past four years, we do not reside together but when the evaluation was done I had him present since he has been such a strong force in her life and ruled out of the abuser.  Anyway, home evaluators are supposed to see how both parents interact with the child.  Because of the abuse previously mentioned the child was not present for the father home evaluation.

1) How does the evaluator make a fair observation is she hasn't seen the child with the father?

2) Is this something my lawyer could/should argue?

Went to court the beginning of last month and since the allegations before the court involved abuse the judge gave me more time to get some documents together, some appointments made etc.  But he made his self very clear that we both needed to retain counsel.  I had already hired an attorney but we knew she didn't need to be present at the case.   Our case is to be heard again on the 31st of this month and I don't think he has a lawyer.

1)  Does he absolutely have to obtain an attorney?

2) Doesn't the attorney have to enter their appearance if one has been retained?

3) What consequences could he face for not hiring an attorney.

Thanks so much.

I know I'm not SOC but in my state (Maryland) both federal and state taxes can be intercepted.  Here it is based on how much you owe, like if you owe 500 they take state if you owe more than that they take federal, of course if you owe a ridiculous amount they take both.  Fiance has his 100 and something dollar check taken from state and then his 3250 check taken from federal...

Gotcha THANKS!

I thought the other party had to file paperwork to hold me in contempt.

1)So the master can hold me in contempt?

A home evaulation was ordered in my case on yesterday.  A pendente lite order was also put in effect.  The father stated his address as being in Washington DC but the judge ordered his visitation to take place in Maryland at his mothers house where he doesn't even live at. The order states "ORDERED that Plaintiff's overnight visitation shall take place at the Plaintiff's mother's home and the minor child shall sleep alone" the mother wasn't even present because she opposed him having visitation...
 Sexual abuse is apart of this case and I have a whole lot of evidence that points to him, he didn't even deny the allegations yesterday in court!  With that said I have been keeping the child from him since early last month and he frankly hasn't cared much.  The judge ordered me give her to her father every other weekend, saturday at 10 until sunday at 6.  I am still refusing (though I didn't say that in court)

1) Do I run the risk of pissing the judge off and loosing just based on my non compliance (the father isn't holding me in contempt though)?

2) How can the judge order him to have visits at his mothers house versus where he really lives?

3) Is there paperwork that i/my lawyer can file to try to change this?

4) A home eval. was ordered, are they going to his mother's house and where he really is living at?

5) I just moved into a duplex apartment, haven't purchased living room furniture but everything else is furnished, can this negatively impact me in the courts eyes because I don't have living room furniture?

THANKS!!!!!!!