supere
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I have been paying child support since day 1 and now he can not stand his mom. Yes, he is 17 and now wants to stay with me. I have no money for a lawyer and need help with stopping child support. What do I do? Terribly confused!
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theanswerguy
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Is he already living with you ?
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. Isaac Asimov
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supere
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Yes he has been with me now for about 2 months
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gigi
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Go back to the court where the custody & support order were. Ask wehre you can find forms to fill out to change custody and support. File them NOW. The court might not get to it right away, but when they do, they'll go back to the day you filed (or actually, probably, the month after the day you file) when they finally get around to looking at your requests, but if you don't file them, it'll never get done & you'll still owe support until it's all official with the court.
The clerk of court should have a handle on where people representing themselves can find the forms for this, becasue it's quite common.
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theanswerguy
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You cam also find the forms you need to file at Texas Law Help , here's the address :
http://www.texaslawhelp.org/TX/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/%20/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/TX/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/%20/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1320500/sTopicImage/familyjuvenile%2Egif/iTopicID/495/bAllState/0/ichannelid/91
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. Isaac Asimov
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supere
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Thanks for the information and I tried to check out the site however it did not show me any thing. As far as filing forms for the change of custodial
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supere
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thanks for the information, I will have to check with the courts on Tuesday
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supere
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I looked for the forms but did not find them on that site. Are they where I am not looking?
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supere
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I went to the court building and a officer informed me it is best I get a lawyer, is that true?
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gigi
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Aw MAN you've let another month pass. Get a lawyer, You cant' afford to continue to pay child support and not get any. The price of the lawyer will be paid for by the savings.... let's say you paid $500 a month (and now not only will you not owe that, but hse will owe YOU $500 a month) by allowing this to sit for a month, you are now $1000 in the hole. That $1000 would have been worth it to pay an attorney to get this done LAST month.
If you're having trouble finding what you need online and the court officer said you need a lawyer, it might be that you do need one. Some people can't negotiate the highly regulated court system on thier own (like others with their taxes, some people just NEED a tax guy, no matter how little money they make, they need someone to do the forms for them & make certain it's done right... not an insult, just saying your skills are better in other areas than in negotiating the legal things on your own). It soudns like YOU NEED a lawyer.
If only for the initial filing. DO NOT LET THIS WAIT.
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