Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
My daughter is being petitioned by he Ex-husbands attorney for dissolution of parental rights.
Currenlty we cannnot afford an Attorney at the present time and are responding to the petition in wiriting.
We are requesting additional time to allow us to obtain an Attorney, which will be in approximately in one month.
Do you think the court will allow additional time?
2 Answers from Attorneys
You really need to have an attorney respond to this. However, answer each allegation as best you can. You only need to state: Admit, Deny or Insufficient information on which to base an answer and therefore Deny. You will want to do a counterclaim as well and then state the facts as you know them to be and ask the court to dismiss their action.
You then need to file a Motion to allow additional time in order to obtain an attorney.
Yes, you may file a request for additional time to answer the petition, so long as you don't let the time run out to file an answer. An additional 30 is probably not too much to ask, and the judge will probably grant it.
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