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what counts as evidence in court?

  • Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:21 am

Iv been married to a marine for 6 months now. IM about 5 months pregnant and he has anger issues and takes it out on me hes been physically mentally verbally abusive to me i have proof in pictures and texts. I dont know anything about divorce or child custody. He tries to control me and my money. We have tried counseling and it doesn’t work. He has a violent past i have proof of him admitting it in text. Even though IM pregnant he still abuses me iv been slapped pushed and fell hes threatened to drownd me in the shower and toilet shoved and pushed agaisnt walls tackled to the floor from high stools has tried to suffocate me w his hands and pillows hes been on top of me pulling my hair grabbing my face yelling at me hes been suicidal w pills and a razor hes hit me multiple times IM scared when he gets mad i try to go to the room and he insists all the time yelling hitting walls getting in my face screaming, i always have to conform to him if i want things to work out hes manipulative all i want is safety for my child and me. He keeps me from my family when we go visit. He has a daughter and has me doing everything for her while he plays video games or watches TV and tells me shes my responsibility. He demands respect even though he cant give respect he has packed my clothes and kicked me out of the house a lot! douring the night hes told me to leave if i cant handle it.hes admited to be bipolar.hes grabed me from the neck and raised me agaisnt the wall while my feet dangle, hes covered my nose and mouth telling me he wishes i was a guy so he can do more damage, hes said your lucky your my wife, hes piked me up and thrown me after he hits me he tell me hes going to jail and wants to go to jail and wants to take me to the hospital hes done this and more WHILE IM PREGNANT

what counts as evidence?
i have texts admiting he needs help ,that he wants to go to jail for hurting me , i have videos of his doughter at parties where there is alcohol, he rather come clean w the truth, he feels hes lossing it, hes afraid, he saying that he might go to a mental hospital or jail if he says the truth, he doesnt want to keep hurting me or the baby, he admits hes wrong, hes going crazy in his dead, he feels fake and isnt proud hes tot this far, there is a text he sent me saying hes done cocaine at 7 years of age, addicted to cocaine, extacy, heroin weed, he inhailed fumes robbed and killed to get money.
would this help me in court?
my lil sister is witness of his doughter being at a beer pong party where there was weed. his baby mama was abused and she stated that when she filed for child custody and support.
i just want supervised visitation fo my child.

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Father was given joint custody without mother present at court?

  • Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:23 pm

My ex boyfriend/father of my child just showed up with the police and a court order. Apparently, he went to court yesterday, got joint custody of our daughter, and child support was also established. He has a history of drunk driving and marijuana possesion. My daughter and I moved out last month because I couldn’t take his drinking, drugs, party lifestyle, and the way that he was treating me, trying to isolate me from all of my family and friends. I cannot trust him and I did not allow him to take our daughter. I know that I am going against court order but I don’t think that she’d be safe with him. The police said that they couldn’t force me to give her to him. Why was custody decided without me ever having to go to court or even being served papers letting me know about court? I would greatly appreciate any help. It is late right now and I have not been able to get a hold of any lawyers. Most lawyers’ office are closed right now since it is 7pm.

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can a parent compell a drug test without a court order? suspect meth use, live in WA.?

  • Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:20 pm

16 yr. old daughter, dr. says she has to o.k. the test and authorize me to know the results. i just want to know if my kid needs help, and the dr. says there is no legal way for me to find out. does anyone know the law on this matter in washington state?

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How will I not lose my cool in court tomorrow? My ex-husband is a low life meth head…?

  • Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:20 pm

He didn’t call or some see our daughter for over 4 mos. so I got a court order stopping his visits so she would no longer have to wonder every Sun. if he was coming, so now he is saying it’s all my fault, waagh, waagh. The judge didn’t believe anything he said the last 2 times but he still just makes me sooo mad. The judge is going to talk to our daughter, she is 13, and I’m not really concerned about the outcome, if I can sit quietly and ignore his lying BS. The judge is also the drug court judge so recognizes his behavior. Help, I’m letting this creep have too much time in my head!
She knows, without me saying a word.
I am a recoverying alcoholic addict, 2 1/2 years clean,–since the day I left him!
thanks guys, for the kind words, it does help settle me down, yes I use the this too shall pass daily. And I have a good man who is also a recovering addict and my daughter adores him. We’ve been together 22 months.

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Can the court take away someone’s parental rights if they are not willing to do so?

  • Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:17 am

My daughter’s father is an alcoholic mess. He has put our life in danger on more than one occassion and has tried to commit suicide two times in the past six months. He does it for attention to try to get us back, but it’s not happening. Can the court take away his parental rights? He is not willing to do that, but I don’t want my daughter to grow up with him as her father.
We were never married, I don’t know if that makes a difference.

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My Ex has taken me to court for visitation of my 11 month old Daughter, HELP!!?

  • Posted on January 13, 2011 at 4:21 pm

My daughter is only 11 months old, her sperm donor hasn’t had anything to do with her since she was about maybe 4 months old. That was when he ran out on us and moved away, Well recently not even 3 months ago he moved in with a girl in Pekin IL and he is now taking me to court cause he NOW wants to have something to do with her aparently. The only way he got the money to take me to court was by claiming her on his income taxes and lieing and NO he didn’t have permission ( im gonna take cause of that with the IRS trust me ) but yea i never told him he couldn’t see her i told him to stop by anytime ( i never kept her from him hes the one who decided to move away and not have anything to do with her ) i told him to come and get her and take her over to his mom and dads so they could see her too ( but yeah that was the only place he could take her ) i told him to come and spend the day with her on her first birthday, i told him to spend time with her and when i last saw him 3 weeks ago he refused to see her he told me he didn’t want to see her. Yea so whatever but anyways back to the point he decided he was now going to take me to court behind my back and not tell me anything and i found out when i got served with the papers. but anyways I went to Pekin and i got a lawyer and i just wanted to know what everyone thought about this ( cause yes i am pushing for supervised visits either here where i live or an hour away where his mom and dad lives in Eldorado depending on how long the visits will be. I want Supervised visits, no overnights and not far away from me and not for long periods of time like either here where i live supervised by his parents or at his parents house in Eldorado, IL supervised by them. Like i said shes only 11 months old and shes never been away from me and she does not know him or his family at all. By the way You don’t think he would have overnights anyways, at what age do the courts normally do that?? now anyways here’s a little bit about my ex and why i don’t want him to take her by himself and always be supervised.
He was sentanced 14 yrs in prison he served 7, he just got off parole in Feb of 2009. he has 9 total on his criminal history, 4 class 1 felony’s for Residential burg, 7 others that are Res Burg but they weren’t classified as felony’s, and 2 that just criminal that doesn’t say what they are. He has put his hands on me in the past also when i was preg by choking and biting me and slamming me up against doors and even one door is broke and i have proof of it i took pictures. he has told me hes had a problem with sex and even had to take some kind of sex addiction classes, he would never change a diaper he told me he was scared of that area and that her private area looked weird ( yeah strange ) he was very violent when he got mad he would punch holes in my walls, i have pictures that he took and posted on his Facebook of him not using a car seat and instead placing her in the steering wheel of his truck on the interstate and driving way over 80 ( u can see the speedometer ) and you can tell its the interstate you can see other cars in some of the pictures, he has never been there for her he doesn’t even know her she has no idea who he is she hasnt seen him since she was 9 months old and that was for one day when i let him take her for a day, yeah he was one of those guys who would stop by every few months and see if she was still alive. he pretty much hasnt seen her since Christmas Eve and his parents never call and check on her or anything, they haven’t seen her since Christmas eve and They just don’t care at all about her at all They have other crap to worry about.I have told my lawyer about everything with my Ex and that’s why i don’t want her going far from me and not for long periods of time ( NO OVERNIGHTS ) and Supervised visits either by myself or a family member i can trust.
He is asking for unsupervised visits for us to meet halfway for the exchange of the child ( pick up and drop off ) halfway is 2 hours for both of us. its 4 hours to where he lives from mt house is Mt.Vernon. I don’t think a 11 month old child should have to sit in a car for that long ( 4 hours there and 4 hours back I don’t think so ) i think either here in town or an hour away at his parents house is Fair. What does everyone think about this situation?? Do you think i have a good chance in winning this in court, I did hire a lawyer to fight for me and my needs and wants?? if you ask me the SOB shouldn’t have any visitation and should only have to pay child support, it would be that way if it was up to me!!! Please Help everyone, Please let me know what everyone thinks about this. Ive tried with him and hes not had no part in it…
Thankyou
by the way we were never married, the only thing he did was sign the birth certificate and give her his last name other that that NOTHING. he hasn’t given anything for child support, less than 50 dollars the past 7 months ( he left us when she was almost 4 months old ) and yeah he hasn’t done Sh** at all!! he doesn’t care about anything but himself and trying to hurt me and take my baby away from me. he’s just trying to hurt me this has nothing to do with the baby. every time he would come around she would cry when he would walk in the door and try and pick her up. he didn’t like him and i have no idea why… it just doesn’t make sence at all!! Please help me
I had no idea he was this type of a guy when i got preg trust me, i never would of got with someone like this. and yea it is horrible that i now have to deal with this SOB for the rest of my life. i love my daughter to death and i wouldn’t give her away for nothing But I do wish i would of had her with a diff guy and someone who wasn’t like him. Anything would of been better than this guy :-( i just hate it that this has happend, i just wish she would of had a good daddy and someone who would be here for her. i feel soo sorry for her, I love her with all of my heart she is my world and i will fight till the day i die for my daughter :-) she is my life. Thank-You soo much for your answer :-) thank-you for the advice and I will be calling them right away Monday morning… Thank-You
you have no idea what i went through in this relationship and im glad it ended when it ended and I’ve never went back to it cause i don’t deserve that and i wont be treated like that, and my daughter doesn’t deserve that either. she wouldn’t of been happy with him around. and yeah I was scared that’s why i couldn’t come out with anything till i was finally free of him. he wasn’t a good person okay, and yeah it was my fault by getting with him but i had no idea of what kind of a person he was.. now I am protecting my daughter, she is all I am worried and thinking about right now. NOT HIM.. my daughter is my life and I won’t let him hurt her and yeah he hasn’t had any interest in her hes had plenty of time to get to know her shes almost a year old. that was his decision not to be in her life I’ve never denied him his daughter NEVER. I just didn’t want to be involved with him again. he didn’t even want to see her, he is the one who has pushed her away Not Me..
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TYPE OF A GUY HE WAS WHEN I GOT PREGNANT!!! HES NEVER BEEN THERE AND HE DOESN’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER. SHES ALMOST 1 YR OLD AND HE’S A SPERM DONOR. I DON’T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS: I DON’T WANT NEGITIVITY I JUST WANT SOME ANSWERS. IS THAT TO MUCH TO ASK FOR???

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Can I be charged with intoxication in a court of law if no blood/urine, was taken or field sobriety test given?

  • Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:23 am

I have a 2 year old boy and a 3 year old girl. I was asleep and police woke me in the middle of the night saying that my daughter had unlocked my door and had gotten out. Neighbors found her and called police. They didn’t arrest me, but a warrant was issued in which I turned myself in immediately. They are charging me with child abuse because they say I was intoxicated when she got out of the house and that I was negligent. They gave no tests at all and even the investigator told me she didn’t think I was drunk, but I had beer cans next to my computer and on my kitchen counter. I had no idea she could get by the two locks I had on the door so i installed a lock high up on the door close to the jamb to where she can’t reach at all. Is there even a case here?
They did not ask me to take any tests at all and I realize the ramifications of what could have happened to my children. I have childproof locks on all my doors, but it doiesn’t help that my daughter is very smart.
I don’t go out and party. I can make a 12 pack of beer last a month. I had friends over the night before so that’s where the beer cans came from. It was roughly 13 cans.

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my wife wouldn’t let me see my daughter so got a court order for custody.?

  • Posted on November 23, 2010 at 1:22 pm

the cops went to my wife’s work an served her, they followed her to where my daughter was . she was at a crack house where three guys were watching her.my daughter was acting funny so i had her drug tested. she tested positive for cocaine she’s only 16 monthes old. will this affect her the rest of her life? 16 monthes and already introduced to drugs and my wife doesn’t have to do supervised visits
she had my daughter for 3 weeks .the drug testing lady said it could have been on a table and my daughter could have gotten into it or they could have been blowing smoke in my daughters face

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would you force (court order ) your child under 21 with a heroin/crack problem into rehab ?

  • Posted on October 30, 2010 at 5:23 pm

First off i know you cant make a person want to quit or get help .But there has to be a limit to where as a parent we wanna prevent our children from hitting that rock bottom .i seen a man on a show today say he wont have his 19 year old crackheroinn addicted daughter committedd because it would hurt him and sh would be mad at him. Screw that for me not EVERYONE if the child is that you legal age or not im gonna let them hate me and do what has to be done.what would you do ? Not saying one way is wrong verses another way .
Just a side note a person over 18 can legally placed in rehab by a parent spouse or family member if the person is declared incompatent or a harm to them selves or others or if in the majority of cases there is an underling of self medicating for something like a Dual diagnosis occurs when someone has both a mental disorder and an alcohol or drug problem.
SK its easier to get drugs in prison than on the streets its more profitable..

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Does the court find out about prior convictions in another state?

  • Posted on October 18, 2010 at 1:21 pm

Step daughter has prior drug convictions in kansas all misdemeanors…now cuaght in texas for cocaine and a pound of pot…8 ball cocaine she said and the guy at the jail said….is this a lot of drugs and will they give her a stiffer sentence for the priors or will they find out because it is two different states?

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