Legal Question in Family Law in California
Custody of my child
My child has my last name, but her father has signed her birth certificate does that give permission to take my child from me, she has only seen him maybe 5 times in her whole life, but it wasn't any father daughter time or anything like that. I am also an enrolled member of the Tule River Indian Reservation. I am extremely interested in what i can do to make sure that he doesn't take my child from me.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Custody of my child
You should talk to an attorney who handles such cases for Indian tribes. The tribes generally have jurisdiction over custody cases of tribal children and not the Californi courts. That exhausts my knowledge of the system and it is a very specialized area of law. You should seek advice from an attorney who is knowledgeable in the are of indian custody immediately. Good Luck, Pat McCrary