Mother provides full-time home and care for minor child. Father moves to another state, provides no care (maybe buys some care items for child but no legal arrangement). Father is legal father on birth certficate, never married, no legal custody agreement has been made. He takes child with...

I live in Massachusetts and have been involved in a case with the department of social services for a few years now. My ex had custody of my children but was staying with me on and off. I was ordered to pay child support. Then the children were taken into DSS custody. When they are first taken by...

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a way of getting parental rights back to my two children and readopting them back?

My boyfriend went to the army with his girlfriend and he signed all his rights to her & she signed all her rights to her parents. He had to get out because he was injured, she stayed in & they broke up now the grandparents won't let him see her. We live in Ny & all he wants is to be able to get...

My ex has decided to give up his paternal rights to our 2 yr old son, and wants to get it done as soon as possible, my fiancé wants to adopt him when we get married but since he's in the Navy on deployment it may be a while before this happens, I want to know if, once my ex does sign over his...