Child Custody issues

08-07-2008, 01:38 PM

As a father how do you go about fighting for custody of my child is in Puerto Rico, and a ward of the state because the maternal parental custody has been revoked by the courts of puerto rico due to negligence. I am in the military and am having issues due to language barriers and time alloted for leave.. I have joint custody but the courts in puerto rico are not honoring that. I need help. Is there anything i can do..

olive · 08-07-2008, 06:14 PM

They should honor that and without serious problem.

It is not clear to me why that is not happening. But you need to get a lawyer to assert your claim and do so quickly. You should clearly have full rights to take over now, if you are able to do so.

tbyte · 08-07-2008, 10:00 PM

Doesn't the military provide legal assistance as a benefit?

08-09-2008, 10:37 PM

You really need to talk to your CO or NCO and get in touch with a JAG officer ASAP. The JAG office will help with a lot of this and won't pull any punches. You need to talk to your CO/NCO to see where to go next, housing changes, pay changes...etc. HTH.

08-07-2008, 01:38 PM	#1
Unregistered Posts: n/a	Child Custody issues As a father how do you go about fighting for custody of my child is in Puerto Rico, and a ward of the state because the maternal parental custody has been revoked by the courts of puerto rico due to negligence. I am in the military and am having issues due to language barriers and time alloted for leave.. I have joint custody but the courts in puerto rico are not honoring that. I need help. Is there anything i can do..

08-07-2008, 06:14 PM	#2
olive Top Level Member Last Online: 11-17-2008 01:30 PM Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 275	Re: Child Custody issues They should honor that and without serious problem. It is not clear to me why that is not happening. But you need to get a lawyer to assert your claim and do so quickly. You should clearly have full rights to take over now, if you are able to do so. Last edited by olive : 08-07-2008 at 06:14 PM.

08-07-2008, 10:00 PM	#3
tbyte Moderator Last Online: Today 07:58 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,128	Re: Child Custody issues Doesn't the military provide legal assistance as a benefit?

08-09-2008, 10:37 PM	#4
Unregistered Posts: n/a	Re: Child Custody issues You really need to talk to your CO or NCO and get in touch with a JAG officer ASAP. The JAG office will help with a lot of this and won't pull any punches. You need to talk to your CO/NCO to see where to go next, housing changes, pay changes...etc. HTH.

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