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My new husband has 3 children with his ex wife. The divorce papers state we get the children every other weekend when he is in from work. One of his children will not come and has not come to our house in 9 weeks. His son said we do not spend enough money on him so he won't come and he wants his step father to adopt him. If he will not come do we still have to pay child support for him? If the child wants his step father to adopt him and my husband agrees to it do we still have to pay child support on him?

I recently built a new home with my ex-wife to be and we currently owe $155,000.00 or less. The home was appraised for over $250,000.00 six months ago. All furniture and appliances are paid for and still in mint condition. My question is if I allow her to keep everything but my clothes and my vehicle(she has a vehicle also) after committing adultery will still likely be responsible for spousal support and the same amount of child support? Also we signed papers agreeing to 7 & 7 custody on my first week I was stopped by local authorities and my vehicle was searched and towed due to no proof of insurance. I was not charged with anything, however; she has supposedly had custody changed so that i only get supervised visitation. She and her mother are attempting to convince local authorities that I am a drug dealer and they (my previous in-laws) make over one million dollars a year so they are listened to. I am not worried about getting into any trouble because the are false accusations, but I am concerned about her changing custody agreement. I know she is working for her mother and I am sure that they will try to say she makes very little money. Any suggestions? I was trying not to fight about anything and just use one lawyer but I am getting the bad end of the deal. Is adultery worth me attempting to prove? Should I just accept I have no chance of coming out with my clothes?

I was in a bad marriage for 2 1/2 years. I moved in with my ex since her home was paid for. She worked the first two months of the marriage and quit her job. I was paid all the bills, and she maxed out all the credit cards. Now we are getting a divorce, she wants half of my 401k which in those years of marriage amounted to about $40,000. Since I lived there those 2 1/2 years and the her house is paid for am I entitle to the equity in those 2 1/2 years. The house was worth $200,000 when I move in; now it appraised for around $250,000 with all the work that I did. Since I have to give her half of my 401k, am I entitle to half of the $50,000, since she didn't work and pay for all of the improvements.

I was just notified of a court date where my children's father is seeking sole custody of my children. Background of the case is that I was court ordered not to move out of the state of Virginia. After this, my children's father was convicted of child abuse and a restraining order was put into place. The restraining order ended in January and it has been almost 4 months since it was over. Since then, their father hasn't bothered to contact them even though he knows my address and phone number. When the restraining order was put into place, my children were being harrassed at school by their teacher who is a friend of their fathers. I pulled them out of that school, wrote a letter to the courts explaining that I was moving to Louisiana and why. The letter included my new address and phone numbers. Five months later I was taken to court by my children's father on a "show cause" for moving out of state. The show cause was dropped and nothing happened. It has been almost a year since then and I now received a letter in the mail from the courts saying that I am to appear in court in a month. Since I have lived in the state of Louisiana for almost a year and half, am I legally obligated to appear in court in Virginia.