A Parent asks,i am 26years only son to my parent,my mother expired 10years back and my father married anoter women she is so rude.i am married too since last 1yea but my father never support me in my future projects both financially and emotionally and he and my step mother are making us to the road by there behaviour.i just want to know how i can claim property as everything is on my fathers name.is my step mother ave any right on this Read More

A Parent asks,I am wondering weather i am the only one who feels that adoption is not for them? I have this maternal instinct that i would only be mentally able to carry my own child not adopt. I feel that i would not be able to love the child like my own. I dont know weather i should feel like this or weather i am a bad person? Read More

A Parent asks, i have been with my partner over a year now, he had a very troubled childhood, going through depression and and abusive step-parent. many years later he’s a much happier person but he still has a very short temper. he doent get angry or yell but just get very frustrated when he thinks he is right and i am wrong, and is quick to judge and insult. iv never loved anyone as much as i have loved him but the stress of all the Read More

A Parent asks, I dont know how to keep it short and sweet so i will just tell it all. When my son was i was nice enough to let his grandparents know they had a grandson, the only time they seen him was when they weren’t busy which was late at night or when i went out of my way to take him to them. Things fell apart when i asked them if they would like to have him fortnightly for a night or day….what ever suited them and they Read More

A Parent asks, Hello. I am 21 years old and I’m immature. Also, my divorced parents & step-parents irritate me. My dad is a dead beat with anger issues who married a selfish and tacky woman, my mother is extremely crazy (I love her..but i cant live with her) who married for security to an awful drunk who degrades women. What can I do to change? I don’t have confidence to go back to school and so right now I’m stuck. Read More

A Parent asks, I am a step parent and am wondering what I have to do to become a legal guardian of my step daughter. She lives with us (her father and I) full time, and her mother still has rights. (But doesn’t deserve them, obviously). I just want to make sure I can legally account for her when needed. Read More

A Parent asks, My husband and I are going through a rough time right now, we always argue about the same 2 things. One of those is my step daughter. She is in her mid 20′s and I have issues with her coming to our house. She never pre arranges or asks if it’s ok to come just sends a text message saying she will be here in an hr. She then is here and it’s tense as I don’t like her and can find no endearing qualities. Read More

A Parent asks, My daughter is 11 and has not seen her father for over 6 years. I am getting married next year and my daughter came to me and asked if she could change her surname to his when we marry. My ex-husband no longer pays child support, and I dont even know where he lives (or even if he is alive). I am unable to work due to an illness so my fiance financially provides for my daughter and his own two kids. My daughter loves my fiance Read More

A Parent asks, My husband and I are custodial parents to his 7 year old daughter. Her mother sees her every two weeks and 3 weeks total in the summer, and at our discresion sometimes more. She is not the best parent around, but nothing she does legally can constitute us taking full custody. Although, she does not pay a penny to us in child support (currently she is ordered to pay $50/month, like I said “dead beat”). She pays us Read More

A Parent asks, My husband might have to leave tonight to go over seas, he is military. We live in NC and his ex-wife lives in Texas. We have his 4 year old son who has lived with us since we married in Jan. If he leaves tonight what can be done for me to gain legal rights to make decisions for my step son? Read More