What 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.

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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/

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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.

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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.

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I am 17 years old and have two month old son. His father was not around the entire pregnancy and was actually a harassment to me and my family during that time. He would come over to my house with his friends being obnoxious trying to show out in the middle of the night, he walked to my school, got in my car and refused to get out, also him and his friends sent me texts messages saying how they were going to "beat my preg ass". He now jumps from house to house and is not stable. One place he stays is in a friends house that is filled with smoke! They smoke so much in there that if you walk in and right back out, you to will be covered in the smell of smoke. He now sells drugs and carrys a gun. He also told me that him and a friend killed someone before. He all of a sudden says he is going to take me to court for custody. Obviously we are not together anymore and he is not on the birth certificate. Can he get any rights?

Serious answers only please, all help is appreciated.
yes I know this. Obviously I left him before I found out I was preg, and he has gotten much worse since.

Even if he is not on the birth certificate, he still has rights?
Excuse me, but I am 17 and in college. I am studying to become a dental hygienist and work a part time job. I provide for my son just fine thank you very much.

He has the right to FILE regarding the child. Whether he actually gets what he wants, is up to the judge. In general, a judge isn’t going to take your custody from you, unless dad can prove that you are not a capable parent. The same applies in reverse. You need to be able to prove he is a risk to child, to prevent him from having any rights.
And.. I am going to vehemently disagree that he ALREADY has rights. He is not married to you, and until he shows a judge that he IS the actual father, then he does not automatically have "rights".
Until you are in FRONT of a judge..then he is obviously trying to intimidate you.
You also can look in the yellow pages for a free consultation with a lawyer who knows Florida specifics.

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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/

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