Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

My husband has a child with a woman in Jamaica and he now lives in the US. Mother is unfit. How should we go about getting custody of his child to live with us in the US?


Asked on 4/12/16, 12:14 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys
Barry Kaufman The Law Office of Barry W. Kaufman

Hire a lawyer who has experience in international family law. This is not the kind of thing you should undertake on your own. You should be prepared to have the case take a long time and be expensive. It's one thing to get primary physical residence of a child within the US, its quite another when you have to negotiate international law and the laws of another country. Good luck.

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Answered on 4/12/16, 12:19 pm
David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

He needs counsel in Jamaica.

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Answered on 4/12/16, 12:28 pm
John Smitten Carey and Leisure

File the case in Jamaica.

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Answered on 4/13/16, 2:34 am


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