Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

There are certain behaviors that a divorced dad should be aware of that may indicate an increased risk of parental kidnapping in a divorce and child custody case.

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 children are abducted by a parent.

Almost half of these kidnapped children were taken across state lines by their abducting parent and concealed, with the intent of keeping them for an indefinite period of time or to try to effect a permanent change of custody in the abducting parent’s favor. Forty-four percent of these children are under the age of six.

Parental kidnapping is considered child abuse by the legal system.

Question:

I have joint legal custody of my minor child and would like to know how to enforce a legal custody violation.

My ex-wife enrolled our child in a new school district without notifying me or listing me as our child's father with the school registry.

Education decisions should be a joint decision since we share legal custody so if our divorce decree is being violated, what are my legal options to have it enforced?

Question:

My ex-wife has asked to set aside our final court-ordered divorce decree because she claims the paperwork she was served with listed the incorrect time for our hearing.

Since she didn't attend the hearing I was awarded full custody, most of the property, and child support.

With it being past the 30 days to appeal the divorce, can she really appeal the decision? She defaulted by not showing up on time and just wants the decree to be re-done because she was not happy with the orders.

By Daniel L. Lambert

Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer

In some states, a Pretrial Report for Child Custody Trial is required by the judge prior to beginning a child custody battle.

What is required in this report? Do you need to provide to each party all documents, evidence, emails, voice messages, or any other key evidentiary documents at the time of the report being due?

The answer to what and when you have to produce evidence will depend on your local rules, the pretrial order, and your state's child custody laws.