Rule NISI

[tommy2336]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Alabama. I Have visitation of my daughter but my X wife is refusing to let me see her. I want to file a Rule NISI but dont have the money for a lawyer. How do I go about filing it myself?

 

[TheGeekess]

Alabama has very few forms online for the public's use. However, I have located a few resources, but none pertaining to Rule Nisi (that's contempt filing for the rest of you folks outside Bama.) There is a form for filing contempt at the eforms site under the civil selection.

Here is Alabama Code on Custody and Support:
http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/CodeOfAlabama/1975/128972.htm

DoItYourself Forms :
http://eforms.alacourt.gov/

More Forms:
Domestic Forms - Birmingham Bar Association

Law schools usually offer clinics for free help, to train the law students.
Here's a link to UA's School of Law Clinics:
The University of Alabama School of Law

Samford University also has Cumberland School of Law:
Cumberland School of Law

Then, there's the Birmingham School of Law:
BSOL - Welcome

Here's a number for the Miles Law School; No information on their website if they offer clinics or such, but the worst they can do is tell you no.
205-923-7739

You'll also need to read up on the court's rules and regulations. I haven't found them online (unless I've missed them in the Alabama Statutes). http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLoginFire.asp

 

[tommy2336]

Thank you for all the advice. I will try calling the schools tomorrow.

 

[TheGeekess]

Just one quick question.... Are you physically going to the pickup point or is Mom telling you 'No' over the phone/email/text? If Mom's telling you 'No' and you're accepting it then it might be a waste of time. If you are physically showing up and Mom isn't producing the child, you'll have a better chance. Receipts from a nearby convenience store showing time and date, getting the police to make a report (though they can't enforce a civil matter, you can still show them your copy of the order and ask them to make a report) is another way to establish a pattern of behavior on Mom's part that will help you to convince the court that Mom is indeed in contempt of the visitation order.