Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania
Petition without address of Custodial Parent
Over 6 years of fighting the system to obtain the address of my duaghter and her mother have resulted in nothing. The closest thing to obtaining an address is when I was in child support court in New York over a year ago and the Judge told the Social Services attorney for the custodial mother that there is no reason I should not have the address and to give it to me. However when I received the modified CHild Support order there was no mention of that in the Order. Child Support Services refuses to give me the address. The Child Lives in Pennsylvania and contacting the Child Services in Pennsylvania has also been of no use. I have never met my daughter despite years of paying Child Support, and I am not allowed to file a petition for Visitation/Custody without putting down the address information of the Custodial parent on the petition. I have three other children who have never met their sibling and as far as I can see never will be allowed to by the injustice of the laws. Its all about the money and nothing about the family thus far, and my daughter, her siblings and I have no rights even though the Constitution states so. Any guidance would be appreciated. The child was not even allowed to have my and her siblings surname.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Petition without address of Custodial Parent
If the address is not confidential you are entitlted to have it. I believe a lawyer can help you get custody/visitation rights. I offer free consultations.
Re: Petition without address of Custodial Parent
Well if the judge said you should have it, you're half way home.
Contact the attorney who was told by the judge to give it to you. If he does great you got what you need. If not then its time to invoke the police power of the State of New York.
You do that by asking the court preferably the one where the judge said you should have it, and petition the court to compel the attorney to tell you. Assuming the case is assigned to the same judge you should prevail.
One might ask why mom won't let you have visitation?
An attorney in New York is what you need. I'm sure there are plenty of them on this site. If not call your local bar association.
{John}
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