Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland
Child custody/guardianship
Hello,
I would like information on trying to get guardianship or legal custody of a child not related to me. The mother is in full agreement and the father is unknown and is pass due with the state for the last 3 years on child support, in other words the fathers where abouts are unknown and the mother wants to give me legal custody/guardianship. What documents do I need? how do we go about this? Do I need a lawyer? is there anything the mother and I can do like a public notice to the father?
Thank you
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Child custody/guardianship
The easy way to accomplish what you want is to petition the Court for Temporary Custody. The mother would sign a consent and would provide the Court with an affidavit that the father's whereabouts are unknown.
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