Child Custody in Florida… What documents do I need?
Monday, January 30th, 2012What papers do I need to file for custody of my 2 kids. The clerk of courts in my county does not supply them…
I have a 3 &4 year old that I have had full time for the last 15 months. There mother moved away 12 months ago and has not seen them since, not paid any child support, and only calls every 3 weeks. She has 2 felony drug charges, Had 2 DCF cases against her, been in 3 inpatient drug rehab, and had her oldest daughter (not mine) takin away from her.
I have a job and a stable place for them. No legal trouble what so ever
Is there a chance she will win if she fights me.
FINALLY, A NON-DUMB FATHER!!!
I would be rich if in the last 23 years I had a dime for all the times I hear about a mother have doing this, the father DOES NOT file for custody, or PARENTAL RIGHTS as single fathers have no presumed rights to their children, she comes back, takes the children away, and files for retroactive child support.
Simply contact a Doc Prep Service in your area. Tell them exactly what you need, and they will prepare the documents for filing. There are also a few online.
https://www.google.com/search?q=florida+document+preparation+services&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#pq=florida+document+preparation+services&hl=en&sugexp=lttmo%2Cn%3D130&tok=XiGDwUJNQWxJ1iFlLxN-2g&cp=36&gs_id=2so&xhr=t&q=florida+document+preparation+services&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&client=firefox-a&hs=VQ7&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=florida+document+preparation+service&aq=0v&aqi=g-v2&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=694e8924650858ea&biw=1036&bih=505
Here is the Dads House Manual which can also teach you how to hire an attorney. You can reduce the cost of hiring an attorney through preparation and taking the time to interview attorneys. A less experienced (Cheaper) attorney willing to take payments, but employs an experience paralegal can be as effective as an more experienced and expensive one, The paralegal is the real backbone of any case. Often when an attorney dies or retires, their paralegals will go to work for a young, new attorney to guide and help them gain experience.
http://dads-house.org/EducationalManual
I just set up a new Dads House Facebook Group for Florida.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/FL.DadsHouseEdCtr/

http://www.ichatmediation.com/child-custody-mediation-in-florida.html
Even though Federal Gov’s guidelines require states to modify child support and base the amounts on factual figures and actual income in order to receive federal grants, Florida family law judges and FDOR routinely ignore Federal law. Clerk’s of court even get in on the corruption by not filing non custodial parents petitions, charging illegal fees for filing, failing to notice non custodial parents of hearings, not mailing motions and orders, delaying transcriptions etc. This is an audio of an actual contempt hearing held on Dec. 6, 2010 where clerk, hearing officer and child support enforcement attorneys collude and attempt to cover up their unlawful actions and denial of due process. Florida simply WILL NOT do downward mods and getting the clerk in Orange Co. to even file your petition for mod is nearly impossible as you’ll see in this video. If you are a non custodial parent, you are truly a second class citizen in Florida. Don’t move here unless you enjoy debtor’s prison and having the state tell you where and how you can work. Florida is one of only five states that doesn’t provide attorneys to indigent and low income non custodial parents in contempt hearings. Currently the right to counsel issue is in the US Supreme Court in the case of Turner v. Price. Let’s hope we finally get some justice in Florida’s corrupt family law courts.
Corrine Bylund, Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski & Cabrey, P.A., http://www.zisser.net/ – (904) 342-6705. Florida Child Custody Law FAQs: http://thelaw.tv/jacksonville/Child+Custody+Law Disclaimer: http://thelaw.tv/disclaimer/
http://www.curtcowanlaw.com, 954-769-0670, 888-342-9931. When children are involved in a divorce case, it’s important to hire an experienced and sensitive attorney. Contact Curtis R. Cowan in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for child custody matters.
Corrine Bylund, Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski & Cabrey, P.A., http://www.zisser.net/ – (904) 342-6705. Florida Child Custody Law FAQs: http://thelaw.tv/jacksonville/Child+Custody+Law Disclaimer: http://thelaw.tv/disclaimer/
Corrine Bylund, Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski & Cabrey, P.A., http://www.zisser.net/ – (904) 342-6705. Florida Child Custody Law FAQs: http://thelaw.tv/jacksonville/Child+Custody+Law Disclaimer: http://thelaw.tv/disclaimer/
Corrine Bylund, Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski & Cabrey, P.A., http://www.zisser.net/ – (904) 342-6705. Florida Child Custody Law FAQs: http://thelaw.tv/jacksonville/Child+Custody+Law Disclaimer: http://thelaw.tv/disclaimer/
Corrine Bylund, Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski & Cabrey, P.A., http://www.zisser.net/ – (904) 342-6705. Florida Child Custody Law FAQs: http://thelaw.tv/jacksonville/Child+Custody+Law Disclaimer: http://thelaw.tv/disclaimer/