Legal Question in Family Law in California

My question is still unanswered.. OBVIOUSLY it is a family law thing, but I wanted to know what specific steps or forms I need to get started, or what this kind of situation is this referred to as?

How do I open a case about my son's mother's live-in boyfriend, who is very controlling over my 15 year old son, and is blocking me from normal relations between me and my son when my son is at his mother's house, (which is a little over half of the time he is with me.

He is not the legal stepfather (and even if he was, it is not right), he fills my son's head full of lies, always badmouths me, and has even verbally attacked me in front of my son 4 times in the past 2 years. There is much more to it, but those are the basics. One important note: I have always had JOINT legal custody, but my son's mother has physical/custodial. Where do I start? This man is not right, and gets between me and son's relationship, and mom just lets it happen


Asked on 5/04/15, 7:35 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

This is not a situation you are going to find a solution to on the internet, and your chances of handling it yourself at all and having a positive outcome are close to zero. You really need to contact a local family law attorney for a situation as serious as this. Most Family Law attorneys will offer consultation on what is called a "limited scope representation" basis to help you through this, if you can't afford to hire an attorney to fully handle the matter for you.

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Answered on 5/05/15, 10:21 am


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