Legal Question in Family Law in California

Re: Getting to See the Child after you have received the Custody papers

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NOW, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR INQUIRY --

The facts that you have provided are not clear

enough and/or complete enough to provide a

definitive answer to you inquiry; however, I would

say the next step is to find the child's mother and have a registered process server personally serve the court order upon her. Once served, she would be in contempt of court if she does not comply with the order.

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Re: Getting to See the Child after you have received the Custody papers

Yes, as the California attorney has noted, after a lengthy and unseemly solicitation spin, you

must first locate the mother and child through

whatever resources are available to you, before

any meaningful action can be undertaken to enforce the joint custody order.