OK, I really need some help… a website, your personal experience or a lawyer you may now that is familiar with colombian laws. My father recently passed away (in Colombia) he didn’t leave a will or testament so they’re just going to split whatever little he had between his first wife, myself and my 8 half brothers and sisters. I’ve been putting this off for a while bcuz I could care less about a couple of grand I may get but now it’s about the morals of the situation. I sent over a power of attorney to my aunt to act as me and make all my decisions and sign paperwork etc. etc. with anything related to the division of his assets….now the lawyer in Colombia taking care of this case is saying that the power needs to be in his name and that only he can act in my name in a situation like this…No offense to any lawyers out there but this sounds extremely fishy to me (like your going to steal my money and run because I dont live there kinda fishy) and most lawyers are thieves and rats. I don’t know what to do and I dont want my dads hard earned money to go to a thief and I have no reason to trust him. I mean if I were there I could sign for myself so whats the difference in me giving my aunt the power to act as me?…It just doesnt make any sense. So anything you may know will be very helpful and greatly appreciated.

I went through a divorce this year so money is a little tight. I am not good at drawing, I do not have a cd burner, I have very little money, I have to buy for mom, dad, dads wife, three sisters, one brother, grandma, and 5 friends…Do you know of anything I can make that is very inexpensive or that I can buy for christmas presents…?

There has come to be a great deal of evidence that having a biological father in the household confers some protection against teen pregnancy in his daughters. Specifically:

"The absense in a household of a biological father increases significantly the risk of early sexual activity and early pregnancy, and the presence of a b.f. is a major protective factor against early sex **even when other risk factors are present**." (Ellis, Bates, 2003)

It is suggested that this has as much to do with pheromones as with his involvment in parenting. i.e, non-custodial dads cannot confer the same amount of benefits to their daughters.

Knowing this, rather than arguing about abstinece only vs. sex ed classes, shouldn’t we also inform parents about this information? Single moms can be particularly careful to help daughters avoid pregnancy, and couples in a so-so marriage who might divorce, might change their minds. Wouldn’t addressing this fact lead to better outcomes for girls?
Also in the study: "sociological variables such as the amount of adult supervision do not explain this phenomena."
I am not promoting marriage for the teen girls themselves, but for parents of teen girls. I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear.

My step-daughter is six and she is having problems transitioning from one parent to the other. She cries when she leaves her mother, but when we go to bring her home, she throws tantrums, screams and cries begging to live with us. This is killing my husband, because he doesn’t know what to do and its taking a tool on me as well. I was also divorce before with kids and my husband sees that my kids do not have issues going back and forth between our house and their dads. I’m looking for a book to give us guidance to deal with our visitation issues. My husband hates his ex and conversation is limited to the time he will be bringing her home and written correspondence. He is a great dad and needs some advice adn guidance. HELP US.

She has lived at her dads for 1month we have been married 5yrs together 11yrs she is moving to bay area with pot dealing cousin she saw porn on our computer says she cant look at me the same wants legal seperation i have been to counseling myself 4wks

hi. my parents got a divorce a while ago(like 3 yrs) so you would think that everythings settled by now but its not. i live with my mom most of the time and shes broke. we cant afford anything and she says we might not beabel to pay rent. Shes allways complaining about my dad(who has not paid child soupport or anything for like a year) and im sick of it.
My dads the same; allways complaining about my mom and how she keeps bring them to court and wasting money. its not like hes a bad dad, he gives us stuff if we ask for it its just that he dosent want to pay child soupport because well…idk really why… maybe his ego. but my dad will never change.
but anyhow i think i snaped. i mean when my parents first got a divorce i snaped…i went into a deep depresson for a while, but i recovered and was happy. But all this money problems are killing me! i cant help it! i tried to get a job and noone would hire a 13 year old!
but anyhow i snaped when my dad told me that we cant have back to school clothes because he has to pay the lawer money(my moms bringing him to court again for child soupport) and i went into my room and just cried. and cried some more. i feel so crappy.
i just want someone to help me you know?! to tell me in not alone. when i first went into the depression when they got divorced i wanted to be left alone, i needed to figure thigs out, but now i want someone to help me.
so please if you have any ideas how i can talk to my parents or if you just want to tell my your divorce story…id really appricate it.
thanks for reading this.

Sabina

Okay my fiance has a 3 yr old daughter and her mother won’t let him see her, she says she doesn’t want him in her life. We are currently filling out the papers to apply for just standard visitation which is like 6 hours during the week and every other weekend..and some holidays. Has any other dads went through this? How long was it before you saw your child/ren?

I want to be on record as paying child support but I can’t find information for dads who WANT to pay it. I know I should call my local family services center but what’s involved? Is court neccesary? Paternity test? Basically, what is the process?
This is emily’s boyfriend. Emily is NOT a father.

Invariably, when a mother claims to be owed arrears, or a father asking about the arrears he owes, the answers frequently center around derogatory comments about deadbeat dads and not supporting their kids.

How many do you think actually refuse to pay as opposed to being in arrears due to a job layoff or injury?

Child Support Enforcement does not advertise that they provide free legal representation to either parent (payor or payee), upon request, for an increase or decrease in support.

Invariably, when a mother claims to be owed arrears, or a father asking about the arrears he owes, the answers frequently center around derogatory comments about deadbeat dads and not supporting their kids.

How many do you think actually refuse to pay as opposed to being in arrears due to a job layoff or injury?

Child Support Enforcement does not advertise that they provide free legal representation to either parent (payor or payee), upon request, for an increase or decrease in support.