My divorce has been delayed longer than I thought it would be. We have been seperated for almost 8 years and I have been with the love of my life for over 2 years now. In Jan of this year we decided to proceed with wedding plans thinking the divorce would be finalized in time, turns out it wont be. My question to you is, is it legal to follow through with a “commitment ceremony” as long ass no legal paperwork has been filed, before the divorce is final?

I was romantically involved with a pro athlete for three years unaware he was married. within this three years there were promises, abortions, and also an tube pregnancy which cause me to almost lose my life along with an emergency surgery that I now still have health problems from and can not afford to see the doctor. this was a serious relationship (so I thought) I changed my plans on moving and based a lot of things on what he said and the state of our relationship which has now caused me to be in a bad position financially. He is now harrassing me and treating me. Do I have a legal argument???

Here’s the situation:

Husband was convicted of sex crimes against teenage step daughter and got 10yrs because of numerous perjury charges, etc… (the story is too complicated to post, it can be said he dug a very deep hole for himself). He is currently on probation and his time will be up next year. Husband and wife divorced right after he went to prison.

Extended Family situation:

Ex-Husband has 4 children from 1st marriage, all adults now living on their own. Wife has 3 children from 1st marriage, also all adults now including the victim above which are living on their own in other states and locations. Then there is the youngest child, a daughter, which the two have in common, now 16 (she was 7 at the time and was determined not to have been involve) living with the wife of course.

The Problem,

As a condition of the sentencing, a permanent criminal no contact is in place until 2055, expires the ex-husband’s 100th birthday. This prevents the common child of the couple from seeing her other half siblings, her father (the sex offender mentioned), her paternal grandparents, etc. because apparently (according to his Parole officer, and the order wording) it would violate the no contact order since she is considered the “victim’s family”, and he would be charged with another felony.

As a consequence, this denies the common daughter from ever meeting her father in this life time, even after she is an adult. It also prevents any contact between the ex’s for their lifetime, which prevents any closure to this situation.

There is no fear of retaliation from him by any of the person’s involved, the court put the order in place on it own. He is a one time offender, was determined to be low risk of re-offending, and been through sex-offender treatment, and rehabilitation, etc.

How is it fair that he can see “his” side of the family, but not the common daughter? The court did not consider the collateral damage when they put these measures in place.

The question:

What can be done to remedy this situation (after the child turns 18)? She has a lot of anger and issues over not being able to see her father, ever, and her other siblings. Is there is any legal recourse that can be taken?

I am currently located in California but was born in Pennsylvania and have extended family there and Ohio. My daughters father and I were never married although he did sign a declaration of paternity. Currently he lives 3 hours away and in the 5 months since we’ve split up he has not once came to visit his daughter. I traveled to where he lives so that she can visit twice, other than that he doesnt bother to show any effort in being an active part of her life. He doesn’t even do as much as call to ask how she is doing (she is 11 months old)

I recently was offered a job and a home owned by my family in Ohio. I would like to relocate but am unsure of the best way to go about it. I was told that since there is not yet any order of custody and because we were never married that I am free to move as I wish but face the possibility of having to come back in order to have a custody trial. I am okay with having to do that, however I have also read that it is possible that it would be seen negatively in the courts eye if I had moved without first filing for custody and permission to relocate and that I could possibly lose custody of my daughter because of it. I know that if I have established residency in Ohio (6 months from what I’ve heard) that they would have jurisdiction and the case would have to take place there) Im unsure if her father would care enough to file after we move, but again do not want to take the risk.

I guess what I’m asking is what would be my best route of action here? Her father has shown gross negligence on multiple occasions and is very irresponsible. I am deathly afraid of what may happen to my daughter if he has any sort of custody/visitation without supervision. He has struggled with a drug problem for years, has multiple DUIs/drunk in public, drug charges and domestic violence charges (filed by his ex) What is the likely hood that the court would deny my relocation?