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Taeleri
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What is the name of your state?Colorado
I am in need of an attorney that will work on a reduced fee or installments. I have no money to retain an attorney and have either a civil or family law case. I will brief up what the situation is and hope someone in Arapahoe County, Colorado can help me.
10 years ago, I was divorced in Arapahoe County, Colorado. I now reside in Boulder County, Colorado. In the original order my exhusband was primary custodian over the two children. I was ordered to pay 890.10 per month that amount included day care for our children. In 1998, our oldest son, then 11 was arresed and charged with a felony in Arapahoe county. He had been left home alone with no parental supervision to play with his friends all day long. That order stated if a change in day care was to happen, he was to submit a motion to the court to change that order. He did not, and I went to Arapahoe County to have this case transferred in Boulder, County, Colorado where he was in counseling and on probation. He is currently on probation. According to that order, our daughter have visitation with me every other weekend, 1 week of spring break 1 week of winter break and live in Boulder Co with me during the summers. At this time, the order stands that each of the custodial parent will be responsible for the child in their home, unless it pertains to our son's probation where I would pay 58% and he would pay 42%. Effective June 2003, our daughter decided she did not want to live with him anymore and wanted to live with me. I went to my exhusband, told him I couldn't afford an attorney, do thru his attorney. This is where we are now. He and his attorney have been fighing child support and custody with me because they know I can't afford to retain an attorney. He is trying to pursuade our daughter to go back and live with him. She is visiting him for a week. He has also paid me $152.39 every two weeks since September 26, 2003 as a child support payment. There is no current oder as to how much he has to pay. There are many descrepancies in their motions they are submitting to Arapahoe County Court. In December 2003, I contacted Boulder County Child Support Enforcement Unit to assist me in collecting child support and retro child support from September 2003. They are third party. To date, I have been on the phone to every Legal Aid, Legal Service, Volunteer Service, County Bar Associations, DA's office etc. to help me and/or assist me in finding legal representation. No one will help me. I have told them I am a low-medium income individual and no one will take it without a $1,000 - $25,000 deposit retainer and $175 - $300/hr fee. I can't do this. There are so many holes in what has happend and what is happening.
In our original order it was ordered that I pay a certain amount of child support in that amount child care was to be provided and if there were changes in day care then my exhusband would need to make the change. As a result, he didn't and left our, at that time, 11 year old son home alone and he got into felony trouble. He was in contempt of a court order in my opinon and what other actions of child neglect and/or abuse can be taken.
I did not come forward before as I wanted my son to get thru his counseling before I decided to move on this. Now, I'm fighting my exhusband and his attorney for child support.
Can someone please help me. I am so desparate that my fears are I am going to loose my children again, if I do not have legal representation to help me kn this matter. I would request that I seek retro child support and child support, change in parental custody and/or if there is anything I can do for my exhusband being in contempt from 1998 child support orders.
I am in need of an attorney that will work on a reduced fee or installments. I have no money to retain an attorney and have either a civil or family law case. I will brief up what the situation is and hope someone in Arapahoe County, Colorado can help me.
10 years ago, I was divorced in Arapahoe County, Colorado. I now reside in Boulder County, Colorado. In the original order my exhusband was primary custodian over the two children. I was ordered to pay 890.10 per month that amount included day care for our children. In 1998, our oldest son, then 11 was arresed and charged with a felony in Arapahoe county. He had been left home alone with no parental supervision to play with his friends all day long. That order stated if a change in day care was to happen, he was to submit a motion to the court to change that order. He did not, and I went to Arapahoe County to have this case transferred in Boulder, County, Colorado where he was in counseling and on probation. He is currently on probation. According to that order, our daughter have visitation with me every other weekend, 1 week of spring break 1 week of winter break and live in Boulder Co with me during the summers. At this time, the order stands that each of the custodial parent will be responsible for the child in their home, unless it pertains to our son's probation where I would pay 58% and he would pay 42%. Effective June 2003, our daughter decided she did not want to live with him anymore and wanted to live with me. I went to my exhusband, told him I couldn't afford an attorney, do thru his attorney. This is where we are now. He and his attorney have been fighing child support and custody with me because they know I can't afford to retain an attorney. He is trying to pursuade our daughter to go back and live with him. She is visiting him for a week. He has also paid me $152.39 every two weeks since September 26, 2003 as a child support payment. There is no current oder as to how much he has to pay. There are many descrepancies in their motions they are submitting to Arapahoe County Court. In December 2003, I contacted Boulder County Child Support Enforcement Unit to assist me in collecting child support and retro child support from September 2003. They are third party. To date, I have been on the phone to every Legal Aid, Legal Service, Volunteer Service, County Bar Associations, DA's office etc. to help me and/or assist me in finding legal representation. No one will help me. I have told them I am a low-medium income individual and no one will take it without a $1,000 - $25,000 deposit retainer and $175 - $300/hr fee. I can't do this. There are so many holes in what has happend and what is happening.
In our original order it was ordered that I pay a certain amount of child support in that amount child care was to be provided and if there were changes in day care then my exhusband would need to make the change. As a result, he didn't and left our, at that time, 11 year old son home alone and he got into felony trouble. He was in contempt of a court order in my opinon and what other actions of child neglect and/or abuse can be taken.
I did not come forward before as I wanted my son to get thru his counseling before I decided to move on this. Now, I'm fighting my exhusband and his attorney for child support.
Can someone please help me. I am so desparate that my fears are I am going to loose my children again, if I do not have legal representation to help me kn this matter. I would request that I seek retro child support and child support, change in parental custody and/or if there is anything I can do for my exhusband being in contempt from 1998 child support orders.