Child Custody in California

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  • čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
  • Experience family Lawyer, Michaeleen Moraz, explains child custody laws in California.

Komentáře • 45

  • @fixitdude9748
    @fixitdude9748 Před 5 lety +17

    California Child support has been the worse thing ive ever faced... This system screws the child and the father on child support ....even if the father spends more then half of time with thier child. They still have to pay child support to the evil mother... The father then has his own expenses and is left eith very little or nothing to spend with the child during his time spend with them... Makes it a sad depressing life .....

  • @edwinescaray2371
    @edwinescaray2371 Před 4 lety +8

    Who ever needs the child support shouldn’t have custody.

  • @humanalsowritterstephanie2195

    Thank You , I am glad you have made this video , I have taken care of my both my babies since birth , Never Married. Never lived together.

  • @JohnFunk406
    @JohnFunk406 Před 4 lety +6

    The first statement of this video verifies that the judges are sexist and biased

    • @brianagee4620
      @brianagee4620 Před 2 lety +1

      I felt this as well. Saying it’s assumed 90 percent of the time that a mother will get custody is extremely bias. We need better rights for fathers

    • @winning3329
      @winning3329 Před 2 lety

      @@brianagee4620 why should father's get custody when they are abandoning their children?
      Are you really to give up the batchelor lifestyle for screaming and changing diapers?
      Men shouldn't get custody if they plan on leaving them with grandparents or the new girlfriend.

  • @CF-ei5oz
    @CF-ei5oz Před 5 lety +3

    I don't agree that mothers are almost always primary. I am a child custody recommending counselor and i almost always recommend something like a 2 day/2 day/3 day and rotating holidays, shared school vacations and joint legal custody. Children usually need and want both parents and i think they do best with both, assuming theres no abuse or other risk factors. In my experience many parents, especially mothers, have no idea how important the other parent is to the child. They forget the child is not divorcing either of them. And i can tell if a dad is motivated by child support. They usually aren't although mothers often accuse them of wanting parenting time to minimize child support. Fathers love their children just as much as mothers do very often, in my experience as a mediator, attorney and clinical social worker. Just my opinion.

    • @iancarisi8342
      @iancarisi8342 Před 3 lety +2

      "mothers are almost always primary" This is why more and more men are getting vasectomies with one or zero children being born.

    • @CF-ei5oz
      @CF-ei5oz Před 3 lety

      @@iancarisi8342 Who are you quoting? I didn't say that. I said in my experience fathers can be and are primary. Especially where mother is the one who earns the most. I don't agree with this video about the cultural values of mother being primary. If you have a 2-2-3, that is joint physical and the child has a home with each parent. Where the father is, the child has a home as he does where the mother's home is.

    • @two9s649
      @two9s649 Před 2 lety

      @@iancarisi8342 im worried i get a judge like this.

  • @donnakondziela8172
    @donnakondziela8172 Před 5 lety +2

    This is so untrue I had my son took in from me buy a wife that beat me got arrested and put in jail fought the cops right in front of my son I didn't press charges she took my son for me before and didn't want to ever let me see him again the California court systems for custody has been so unfair and unjust to me and my child my wife filed custody for my child I had custody and was working on getting us equal time because I believe a child should have a mother and a father as long as he is safe but that's not what my wife wanted so after getting out of jail for punching me in the face 10 times in front of my child and fighting the cops in front of my child 4 months later without talking to her child for six months while he worried about her cuz he seen her go to jail I was told she was in a rehab by her parents 7 months 7 months after getting out of jail I show up at my 4 years old son School to pick him up and she's there with child custody papers from the court they tell me I have to leave and I can't have my son after he's been with me for his whole life and she's always been absent she takes my California organ that day I was never served until that night after she picked up our son by a certified server I find out she's been going to court for the custody hearing and I've been missing all of them the person that claimed he serve me even went to court and testified that he serve me and she me smoking pot with my four-year-old son and another 6 year old date and time and he said he served me I have records from the school that Richie was in school at that exact time we go to the address that was given for this person the address takes us to a halfway house they tell us they haven't heard of him they had another address on the paperwork for him we went to it it was a motel we went and talked to the motel manager they said they knew him they said he didn't have a vehicle he couldn't have made it to my house because he walked and that he's a drunk and he just went into rehab a few days before all I had to do is get my chance to cross-examine him and ask him how he got to my house if he doesn't have a car and driver's license and if someone took and then we wanted to question him I subpoena him to the court which I don't think it would have made it that far because the manager of the motel that knew him well said that he really didn't have anyone that had a car or new to me people he was just a Wonder the manager of the motel said he would testify for me I got a lawyer that did nothing while trying to get me to pay $3,000 to someone that she knew for an evaluation on the very first day of course she ask the judge to give me anger management classes what she said would help me that they used against me later my wife's intern it wasn't even a lawyer it was an intern she was using I don't know why the judge or my lawyer didn't give me my rights to cross-examine the witness I had many other concerns some that involve my son safety do to my wife's brother that is violent and I had to talk to my son on the phone and he was crying because her brother message Adam and sprays you in the shower with cold water I went tell the judge and for that the judge decided that I should have my phone calls listen to and did not take my concern seriously I didn't have the money to keep going to the anger management classes after 3 months I didn't have the money to keep going to the anger management classes after 3 months and with my case going down the tubes I couldn't afford the hour drive through classes and the classes so I stopped going her intern use that against me and said that I'd stop going my classes I told the judge that they were voluntary and I couldn't afford it I asked the judge I said where's the proof that I have an anger management problem that the court shouldn't be able to force me to take classes for something that they have no evidence against in fact they have evidence of just the opposite in the police report for my wife but me and the police and I never once yelled or got angry I just walked away with my son to try to avoid her as she pulled the phone out of the wall busted through a window in her Rampage to try to attack me while I had my son in my arms crying because he seen her bust my face up and it was bleeding and he was saying mommy hit daddy it was a nightmare for both of us for months because she didn't even call him to let him know she was okay and I begged her parents to please have her call I have police records I have written documents from Child Services that said they didn't want him going out of state or being with her after they had a conversation with her on the phone they felt that she needed to be in counseling it came to my house looking for her they gave me drug test they checked the house they felt my son was safe with me and she had took off 2 days before they showed up at the house and I had no idea where she was I had no phone number for her I didn't know anything of where she could be and I can see her for months Norton my son if I had custody of my son right now where I knew that she couldn't take him and keep him and where I would never see him again then I would give us equal time with him too much on two months off too much with her too much with me or whatever worked for Richie because it's an about us regardless the problems between me and my wife it is my son's mother and he will always love her so I will always do what I can to protect her for him and his relationship with his mother has nothing to do with mine and her relationship and she and the courts have taken from him grandparents and a dad that never left his side and raised him since he was born and now because I didn't do the anger management classes they are not letting me see him without supervised visits I live in California he's way in Oregon I don't have the money to do it so now I don't get to see my son haven't seen him for a year if someone wants to look into my case and help me you will see the in just courts of California and what they have done to a little boy and his dad that loves him so much

  • @MrClone
    @MrClone Před 5 lety

    I am looking for help with this issue. I now have over 6 years about of proof of my ex wifes deliberate attempts to keep my from seeing my daughter. We had a court order, that she refused to follow, which I have proof in the form on text messages, emails, online communication through our family wizard, and talking parents. The problem is my income has been such, because I lost in court to reimburse costs that were already denied 2 times prior, because I had no paperwork on that date due to my 1 lawyer I had enough money for to hire, refused, and still will not give me copies of my file, which pissed the judge off cuz he thought i was lying I guess, that I can not afford a lawyer now, and it has built up to a massive financial burden to even try to get help from any service or lawyer just to fill out papers. All I need is a pro bono lawyer that will help me fill out the papers as now I am so overwhelmed I am not sure where to start. It is insane the amount of times she refuses to follow the order, I filed contempt charges years ago but did not fill out the paperwork right and her lawyer demur it and it got thrown out. I went through 5 supervisors trying to get her to show when court said I needed to do 10 visits. She refused to even respond to them for over 18 months, in which my old lawyer has proof. I hope anyways. I have evidence she lied on court papers to get a TRO, lied about why she did not come to visits or why people could not supervise anymore, she bribed me at one point to sign away my rights. I have begged pro bono services to help with no one returning calls or not getting back to me I am guessing because it has just become a mountain of issues. I know for a fact though if she loses the contempt, which with all the proof I have I do not see it possible for her to get out of this, I can get lawyer fees, and she makes more then enough money. I am here because I am desperate. Please any help you can give I will take or advice. Thank you.

    • @osmanvincent1975
      @osmanvincent1975 Před 4 lety +2

      You can go to the court’s clerk office and have copies made for a nominal cost.
      Except for thinking, planning, and research notes, all the documents in your attorney’s file are legally yours including all the originals, even if you owe him a million dollars and never paid a cent. This include any letters between attorneys or others. The Calif state bar will back you on this.

  • @kelvinellis8611
    @kelvinellis8611 Před 6 lety +1

    As a grandfather, my wife and I raised our three granddaughter's since they been born, now their mother wants custody, she only visited two times a year, still married to son, but not togther, she had two more childern from new boy friend, going to court to fight for custody, son approve us with kids. Should we be okay?

    • @eliascortez3469
      @eliascortez3469 Před 3 lety

      I will be fine as long as I the mom does not contest..if she does show your prove she will probably just get visitation rights..

    • @winning3329
      @winning3329 Před 2 lety

      If she abandoned the children then she won't get custody.

  • @sicoproductions6155
    @sicoproductions6155 Před 6 lety

    Thank you for this very helpful information

  • @djCaliKev
    @djCaliKev Před 6 lety +7

    You gave excellent information to prepare for someone who is begging this nightmare. I wish you had a contact number so I can talk to you about my situation.

  • @Devfullfaithandcredit
    @Devfullfaithandcredit Před 2 lety +1

    Poisonous perspective, is this where you want to be when Jesus comes back

  • @jedfriedland9588
    @jedfriedland9588 Před 5 lety

    Nicely covered, Michaeleen.

  • @jennifermena9228
    @jennifermena9228 Před 3 lety

    How can you change your judge??
    What if they gave father physical custody due to me filing for a move away and using my ex husband bad record to take my physical custody away
    My daughter father has DUI and suspended license currently
    How or what can I do to get physical custody of her if she doesn’t feel same with her father family since he doesn’t have time for her she with his family or babysitter

    • @two9s649
      @two9s649 Před 2 lety

      They took away custody just for moving? How far? Sorry im currently in this situation

  • @mikey71968
    @mikey71968 Před 4 lety +4

    “We are going to treat you as if you are earning an income” when not working. PISS OFF CALIFORNIA LAW! This lady is clearly working for a paycheck from a broken system!! People like this ARE part of the problem. Looks like she eats a little too well for my liking.

    • @sarahalderete8565
      @sarahalderete8565 Před 2 lety +1

      Facts! She is anti father! News Flash! Kids need Dads just as much as Mothers. Its not a check!

    • @jt4369
      @jt4369 Před 2 lety

      I’m also a family law attorney. She’s not “clearly working” for the system. The system is broken. She represents her clients.
      That said, as I say again, the system is completely off balance. I would never recommend a guy get married. Too much headache and heart ache at the end of the day.

    • @winning3329
      @winning3329 Před 2 lety

      @@sarahalderete8565 You will be singing a different tune when you're baby's father dumps you for a younger woman.

    • @winning3329
      @winning3329 Před 2 lety

      Mike- broke men shouldn't be fornicating and creating out of wedlock children.

  • @jasoncampbell9497
    @jasoncampbell9497 Před 5 lety

    All you have to do is walk in to the clerk's office and ask them to show you all money judgements against you that are signed by the judge and the clerk of office that has been entered in to the record of it has not been signed and on the record then it's a void judgement and you do not have to COMPLY.

  • @alonsomartinez4265
    @alonsomartinez4265 Před 4 lety

    what if, i (the father) opened the custody case and the mother never responded to the subpoena after 36 days and i entered for a default case, what happens then? does the parenting schedule i wrote down become the schedule set by the court i have my daughter 70 percent of the time

  • @two9s649
    @two9s649 Před 2 lety

    A minute and a half in and already being sexist 🤦🏽‍♂️ im screwd

  • @donnakondziela8172
    @donnakondziela8172 Před 5 lety

    I'm sorry but in my case the California courts have failed me my son and my wife as far as I'm concerned because someday the effects of not having both parents is going to catch up with my son and I hope and pray God be with them if anyone is interested in seeing a case where the California court systems have failed under the weight of all the evidence after raising my son for years Social Services come looking for my wife and they find me and they find me to be a good home for him and now after 4 years all of a sudden I'm not fit to see him at all and still there is no evidence that would that would bring such a ruling my wife was supposed to be seen a psychiatrist that was what she told the judge and yet she's not in fact when she went to the psychiatrist to get a evaluation for the court I couldn't believe it the psychiatrist said that she was a mess and that if she showed up on a regular basis that he and her maybe up to work out some of her issues to where she can maybe get control of all of your problems and yet the court scene that as I guess a good thing if she would have went and the psychiatrist said if she got custody of my son he should be going to counseling to because of her issues and neither one of them are going and I can't do nothing I am stuck knowing the kind of treatment my son is enduring now I don't think my wife is dangerous but I do think that her brother that has been very mean to my child and other children that I have seen and to my wife you can't let him do that to children not that it's her responsibility to control him but children should not be around him and my son lives in a trailer with one bedroom her mom her and that brother that when I told the court I didn't want my son around my wife said he didn't live with them and he does what the California courts when it comes to custody has failed not just me my wife my family their families my son was Society and I believe that with the right lawyer I could probably get her to agree to equal time with me that's all I want without having to go to court because if I get a good lawyer and go back to court if I get a good lawyer and go back to court again if I get a good lawyer and go back to court again in another state maybe even and I can get the court to look at the perjury between this guy my wife that said he serve me I could probably win this case easily but then my wife would go to jail and I don't want that and I know she doesn't want that either the with the right lawyer I believe and a very strong argument to take to my wife asking her that she could either go back to court with me where those will be brought up those charges or she can agree to equal custody she can keep full custody I just want time with my son that's all I've ever wanted and I want him to have time with his mother and their family even if it's rough over there at least when he gets here he has 6 months that he isn't being bullied by her brother and I prayed for my son every since I can remember my grandma told me I would have a little boy when I was 3 years old that would be just like me I pray for him every night and I told people my first child is going to be a boy and his name is going to be Richie named after my grandpa my dad two of the most specialist greatest guys I've ever known I knew my son my whole life I knew exactly what he would look like I knew his personality when I first met my wife the first thing I told her is if we had kids my first kid was going to be a boy and it was going to be Richie and I told her everything about him and he is identical to everything I knew he was and said he would and now either God is testing me or the devil is taunting me either way I pray for them both I pray for God and the devil because my faith Fail Me Not when prayers all I got so no the things that are being said in this video I have not seen to be true and if I showed you what is that has been done in this case mine my son's case my wife's case you would run out of California Screaming and that isn't even everything I the courts I've done and if if you seen all the people working evidence and things that I have that has been wrongfully done by the California court systems you would think how could this possibly been a mistake that the courts made I could become a foster parent I could actually qualify to be a foster parent my parents were foster parents but yet I'm not allowed to be around my own son without supervision and he's not doing his reading and his math and all things that I worked with him all the time on the few times I get to talk to him he said he doesn't read or do math like we used to anymore and he should be able to least write me a letter by now he sits and plays video games now all day with her brother's kids and he has a three-year-old daughter that is suicidal I asked her and them how could a three year old girl be suicidal I still don't know the answer I'm afraid to I hope this will help someone maybe look at your options before filing for custody for your child in California I pray for all of you and your children after all we all live in this place together thank you and God bless you

    • @principlemethods5281
      @principlemethods5281 Před 5 lety +1

      I'm sorry youre going through this I am about to pursue cuztody my x is trying to x me out of their lives

    • @Melissa-pn5cn
      @Melissa-pn5cn Před 3 lety

      California court for child custody is horrible.

  • @sarahalderete8565
    @sarahalderete8565 Před 2 lety

    This is horrible! Father’s are equally important as Mothers. This pro feminist view is disturbing.