| Custody Enforcement through Sanctions |
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| Where a person has been awarded the custody of a child and another person or agency has failed to return the child to that person, the person with legal custody can file a motion for contempt of court and request that some penalty or sanctions be imposed on the one who unlawfully failed to return the child. More... |
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| Change of Residence in Child Custody |
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| The change of residence of the person who has physical custody of a child does not automatically require a change of custody of the child or relitigation of the issue. The laws vary from state to state as to who has the burden of proving that the relocation will constitute a material change of circumstances affecting the child and whether the change is in the child's best interests. More... |
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| Child Support Modification for Changed Circumstances |
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| Where there is a change in circumstances of the child or of either parent, a modification of the amount of child support may be requested and will be granted where appropriate. More... |
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| Putative Father's Right to Custody vs. Natural Mother or Legal Parent |
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| The changing nature of marital and other domestic relations in the United States, and concurrent changes in public attitudes toward such things as the status of children born outside of marriage, have been accompanied by an evolution in the manner in which the legal system treats a number of issues of family law. One group of these issues concerns the right of a putative father, that is, a man who is supposed or reputed to be the biological father of a child born to a woman to whom he is not married, or who claims to be the father of such a child, to assert his entitlement to custody of or visitation rights with the child or children who are subject to his claim of fatherhood. More... |
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| Modification of Custody based on Parental Unfitness |
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| If subsequent to the time a court awarded joint or sole legal custody to a parent, the parent becomes unfit to have custody of the child, a court will not hesitate to modify custody. More... |
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