What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maryland
Hello, I'm hoping to find the answer to my questions on this forum.
I'm a non-custodial parent (mother) residing in Maryland. I'm seeking shared custody, child support and visitation for my youngest son. I agreed to give his father full custody 10 years ago. He recently asked me when I would start paying child support for the first time in 10 years. My son is taken cared of and wants for nothing. I do not have a problem paying child support but I wonder why he did not go through the court to request support or why he did not mention it 10 years ago. Nevertheless he asked me to "come up with something" (numbers) and send it to him via e-mail. When I agreed to give him custody 10 years ago the Judge said that visitation was to be worked out between the two of us, in other words it was not really ordered. There have been times when I won't see my son for 4-6 mos. at a time for no legitimate reason besides the fact that his father is "showing off". When I or my mother, father or my oldest son (his brother) call to his father's residence, phone calls are not answered and messages aren't returned. This has happened on several different occasions and I have documented each and every time we call and each and every time he comes to visit.
To this day I have not seen my youngest son since November and I have not been able to speak with him since before Christmas. He turned 13 in January. I was advised by the court that I would not be able to modify the pre-existing case because it has since been closed and is pretty much considered non-existent. Therefore I was told to fill out papers for a new case filing for joint custody, support on myself as well as the custodial parent and visitation. I would like to know the chances of things going in my favor as a non-custodial parent. Since I work in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) I tried to take an informal approach in resolving this matter through mediation. However, when the organization contacted my son's father in an attempt to schedule mediation he declined. So, I figured on to the next step. Please help and thank you in advance for your feedback.
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maryland (MD)
Hello, I'm hoping to find the answer to my questions on this forum.
I'm a non-custodial parent (mother) residing in Maryland. I'm seeking shared custody, child support and visitation for my youngest son. I agreed to give his father full custody 10 years ago. He recently asked me when I would start paying child support for the first time in 10 years. My son is taken cared of and wants for nothing. I do not have a problem paying child support but I wonder why he did not go through the court to request support or why he did not mention it 10 years ago. Nevertheless he asked me to "come up with something" (numbers) and send it to him via e-mail. When I agreed to give him custody 10 years ago the Judge said that visitation was to be worked out between the two of us, in other words it was not really ordered. There have been times when I won't see my son for 4-6 mos. at a time for no legitimate reason besides the fact that his father is "showing off". When I or my mother, father or my oldest son (his brother) call to his father's residence, phone calls are not answered and messages aren't returned. This has happened on several different occasions and I have documented each and every time we call and each and every time he comes to visit.
To this day I have not seen my youngest son since November and I have not been able to speak with him since before Christmas. He turned 13 in January. I was advised by the court that I would not be able to modify the pre-existing case because it has since been closed and is pretty much considered non-existent. Therefore I was told to fill out papers for a new case filing for joint custody, support on myself as well as the custodial parent and visitation. I would like to know the chances of things going in my favor as a non-custodial parent. Since I work in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) I tried to take an informal approach in resolving this matter through mediation. However, when the organization contacted my son's father in an attempt to schedule mediation he declined. So, I figured on to the next step. Please help and thank you in advance for your feedback.
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maryland (MD)
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