Many lawyers will take cases pro bono - for the good , without a fee. To find one in your area, start here: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/find...
Here is a site on Fathers Rights. If she has full custody, you might be out of luck but, please read this site to see if there are any loop holes that can help you. Also, you can be your own representation. This is allowed under federal law. I posted a site to help with that too. I am glad to see you still want to have contact with your children. So many dads just walk away. One site I posted here gives tips on how to stay connected just in case hon....Goood Luck and Goddess Bless
You lose the court battle. And probably custody of the kids.
use the internet or ask for help or raise the money by asking people
the best you can do is get a court appointed lawyer but unfortunately the way our system works today you can either move with her or kiss your children goodbye. I havent seen mine in over ten years for the same reason.
ask yourself this... who is the better parent? In some cases loving your kids means recognizing that they have a more stable life with the other parent than they would bouncing back and forth. court battles will leave deep wounds, so you are better off(unless she is a terrible parent) to let them go and work out things so you can visit them occassionally or they can visit you. get rid of cable TV, your cell phone... and save your money.
get help , there is plenty of lawyers groups that can help ... part of the mediation terms you could ask for is that she pays all transportation costs for the childeren to come see you ,
we have a thing here in canada called legal aid.. not sure where you are.. but you can apply for one and be given a lawyer for free.. If she is the parent moving she will probably have to change to every other weekend and she can do the driving! Also you could just use the jury duty.. how old are your children.. How long has custody been joint... are your children in school.. All these things will be taken into question... as well as where do they spend the most time.. R they old enough to make decisions??
I d risk to go into dept and get a lawyer!!. I wish I knew all that back then. My ex is military, moves from state to state. Due to the fact that I didn t speak the language well at the time, I got screwed into paying child support and all travel expenses and more. Take care of this, you ll make it somehow trust me! Besides that I can give you a site that gives some free legal advice inside the forum. Many legal eagles there (retired and pro bono) and parents with plenty of experiences. They also list atterneys in you area and you can email them for a quote. http://www.freeadvice.com/
From my understanding it s not as simple as just picking up and moving your children out of state, I m pretty sure she has to have a better reason, like her job is transferring her, not just because she wants to persue a relationship. You can always get a free consultation with a lawyer, and at least find out where you stand, who knows maybe he will do your case *pro-bono*, or at best, let you make payments, Good Luck. I d hate to see a man who truly wants to have a realtionship with his kids miss out, since there are so many men in the world who could care less:)
You maybe eligible for legal aid but before it goes to court you ll have to have mediation with the other(to be custodian)thats usually held at the court and depending on how old the children are and the circumstances the kids have to see a psychologist and have a say in where they want to live.good luck hope all goes well!
If you cannot afford a lawyer the only two things you can do is 1. represent yourself or 2. ask the court for a form to have a court appointed attorney. I have joint custody with my ex-husband and my daughter a yr. ago wouldnt let up about wanting to live with her father until i gave in and let her, big big mistake because now without any reason she does nt want to see or talk to me and i have not done a thing wrong, that s whats so tricky with joint custody because 9 out of 10 the parent that the child lives with will turn the child against the other parent. You could also call lawyers in your area and ask if he or she s willing to do a payment plan with you because some lawyers do that, not all lawyers are terrible or court systems terrible, and no don t get rid of your cable tv, etc. just call around because eventually you will get a lawyer that is willing to work with you, if others have had success with their lawyers in this then so can you, don t give up on ur searches either but theres no law against you representing yourself, but she does need a better reason than that because during the custody case with my ex and I the judge said if either party wants to ever move out of state then that party must talk to the other parent and have a court date set for that and also he said that him or I need the other one to agree on the move before it is finalized and I represented myself every time in court for the joint custody thing, child support and the divorce and I m glad I did because a lawyer would have made me broke and wouldnt of helped because all that I said on my behalf was what a lawyer would of said basicly.
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