Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• How to handle international custody battles
• What forms do I need to complete a change in child support based on mutual agreement between parents?
• Do I have to file for divorce in order to get the absent parent to provide health insurance?
• Is it possible to have a stepparent adoption reversed?
• My ex and I both agree to me moving out of state with our son, but he won't put it in writing. Am I allowed to move out of state without something in writing?

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• I'm currently unemployed but will start a job soon. Is my child support determined by my current unemployed status or by my pending future salary?
• My ex came after me for child support for a child that is 14 years old and I’m not sure is mine. What can I do?
• Is it true that it is against the law to make a provision for the support of children over the age of 18?
• My ex wife filed a motion for order permitting travel to Brazil with the kids. I'm afraid she won't return. What can I do to stop her?
• How is maintenance calculated?
• The judge granted our request to dismiss our uncontested divorce. Does this mean the mediation agreement is null and void as well?

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• My daughter will turn 18 in a few days and will graduate from high school in May. When should I petition the court to discontinue child support?
• Should I require that my ex come back to the state our divorce is in and get a modification to include out-of-state visitations?
• Can my passport be denied if I owe child support?
• What options do I have to increase my chances of obtaining custody of my unborn child?
• Can my spouse file for child support when we are separated but not divorced yet?
• How can I protect my property when I move out during the divorce process?
• Can I as the paying parent withhold some money from child support in order to pay  her half of our child's medical expenses?
• My son is 18 and lives in a home for autistic kids off SSI benefits. Do I have to keep paying child support for him if he doesn't receive any of it for living expenses?

DadsDivorce Live host Rick Ortiz talks with Fathers & Families' legislative representative Michael Robinson, who worked with Mark Sullivan of the American Bar Association on federal military parent legislation. 

Thanks in part to their work, the National Defense Reauthorization Act (HR 2647), which was signed by President Obama in October 2009, mandates that the Secretary of Defense produce a report on child custody litigation involving members of the Armed Forces, as well as international intrafamilial abductions of servicemembers’ children.

The Secretary of Defense will submit its report to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives by the end of March. This problem affects both fathers and mothers who serve. If you are a military mother or father whose custody rights have been adversely affected due to your service, make sure your story is included in the Secretary of Defense’s report.

You can learn more about the Fathers & Families organization at www.fathersandfamilies.org.

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• How do I get back overpayments of child support?
• Do child support obligations include medical and daycare expenses?
• Can my ex wife's new husband claim our son on his taxes?
• Can back child support that accrues ever be dismissed?
• Can I refuse to sign a separation agreement?
• How should verbal agreements be documented?
• When alimony stops, can I also stop paying for my ex wife's health insurance?