How do I file a motion for a child support order without a lawyer?
142605
send your BIG brother to talk with him
417707
Contact your local child support agency where your case is being handled (they do it for free), also go down to your local courthouse (family law court would be better) there are often fliers for free workshops or free aid, sometimes lawyers passing out cards. \nMany family law attorneys do pro-bono work. Call them up and ask. Also go to www.kfi640.com there's a Saturday morning show called Handle on the law, the guy is an attorney and has real good advice, i believe his website has links to referrals and free do-it-yourself.
670185
no you dont have to pay to file a restraining order. You need to show just cause for filing, and thats it. Contact your local police and they can help
264642
I did the same thing with my ex husband.  It cost much less than a lawyer and you can apply with the Attorney General for free to get the Child support and custody resolved.  Lawyers are all about the money.
731439
I'm sure it depends on the state you live in, take Okla. If the noncustodial parent hasn't paid support for 12 out of 14 mos. it's pretty easy. I'd check with a lawyer, you'll need one anyway and most will give you a free consult.
817757
Write out a timeline of everything that happened, attach any documentation you have supporting this information and send it with a letter of complaint to the state bar association.  Follow up on a weekly basis by phone & in person.  Eventually, if you make enough of an nuisance of yourself they may bring all the lawyers involved up on charges, either suspend them for a length of time or disbar them, and make them reimburse you the amount of money you lost.\n\nI went through this same type of thing in Louisiana with an attorney who barely got me divorced and never followed up on the property settlement or child support.  He ended up being suspended for two months and reimbursing me half of the $1000.00 I'd paid him.  It took me two years of being persistant with the Louisiana bar to finally get some satifisfaction in this situation but it worked.
1122912
there are several ways to go about it, \n1. hire an attorney\n2. go through rural legal services \n3. do it yourself- just go to court house and ask for the paperwork and file it yourself. \n4. hope the ex files
1152076
Contact a lawyer. Short of that How busy is your Courthouse? You will likely have to file the papers there and that is where you would proably get them. If you have a Courthouse that isn't like overly busy or at least has good people then I'd say go talk to them about what papers you need. I think it is great to hear you want to do what you feel is in the best intrest of the child. Not enough people do that these days.
118931
Send her a certified letter about your intentions of picking up the kids. Actually show up at the designated time and have a witness.  Bring your written visitation decree along with you and notify the local sheriff's office of your intention to enforce the divorce decree.  Keep a written book of all of your attempts to visit your kids. If you find her new phone number, record all future calls.  Gather your child support receipts in a shoe box if you don't pay through the Court.  File contempt of court charges.  If you can't afford a lawyer, be willing to represent yourself in court.I spent $40,000 to get visitation for my husband.  I was the new wife and I kept good records and tape recordings and if I had to do it again, I would have represented him myself.  After 2 years he won visitation and it was very complicated...Don't stop paying child support and read the Book of Psalms in the Bible....
857614
In New York state (which is all I know), you can file for child support if you are living apart, even if you are not yet divorced or legally separated.  He will then owe based on the date you filed those papers.  Here you would file in family court for this, unless the divorce papers have already been filed.\n\nIt is much easier to file for things like support and custody in family court, you can do it without a lawyer.  If your divorce is stalled, do it as soon as you can.  It will take some weeks or months to get the money anyway.\n\nCall your family court tomorrow and ask a clerk to tell you.
120888
Consult an attorney or call your local bar association.
351484
The quickest and easiest way to go would be if you had no kids and weren't contesting any property, but since you have the kids, I would suggest child support.\n\nSimply put, the less the lawyer has to do (eg property, child support, custody, etc) the less expensive the fees. You could search around for an attourney who would be flexible and work with you to make payment arrangements and that sort of thing. Make sure you ask about that before setting up a consultation though, cuz even those cost alot of money.
410773
Yes you can do anything legal without a lawyer it is just a matter of going to your local courthouse and going to the law library in there and tell them what you are trying to do and most likely the will give you a book with a lot of different forms in it and you find the forms you need copy them and file them with the court as directed in a timely manner but follow all the guidelines and make sure you have all your evidence because the smalllest error and the will dismiss your case and you will have to start all over again
869281
go to the court system and tell them about your child support and that he has not been paying and that you want him to start paying and then you get a order against him for all of that and above. then see how he likes that.
260676
get an attorney quick before he moves funds out and make sure you get the alimony and child support you need
213507
check out your divorce papers \nmaybe your custody papers \nif there isn't either you need to file a custody suit
235700
Ok, so is everybody on yahoo just a jerk?  Didn't your mothers ever teach you that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?\n\nSo anyway...the way to go about it is to seek a revision of the child support order.  The fact that you have another child WILL be taken into consideration. \n\nHOWEVER, since the order is 10 years old, there have been no adjustments made for cost of living, increased costs of the child he is paying support for, etc.  Child support normally gets increased over the years for cost of living and based on the expectation that the older the child, the more expensive they are.\n\nSo, unless he is making SIGNIFICANTLY less money, or unless the child's mother is making SIGNIFICANTLY more than your husband, you are probably better off leaving things as they are.\n\nLook into things for your state.  My state has a "child support calculator" on the internet. You can enter the figures and see what the child support would be based on the facts.  \n\nThe courts probably define "hardship" differently than you do, so be careful.  Do you have a nice house, do you have decent vehicles, do you have clothes on your backs and food to eat?  Not to mention luxuries.  You will need to show REAL hardship to draw sympathy from a court when you (or your husband) is the payor.  In my state, as long as the father has $500/month gross, all the rest can go to child support if the calculator says so. Tell me how anyone can live off $500 gross?  All the sympathies are with the child and his/her mother.  \n\nAlso, you would HAVE to get a lawyer.  You never want to go to court alone, as you are sure to get the raw deal (heard that from a judges mouth)\n\nBe careful, you may be opening Pandora's Box.