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PrincessFiona9
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Finally!
PrincessFiona9
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Got the results of the paternity test yesterday, and they matched up, of course. He IS her father. I got a separate letter yesterday also, saying that our court date has been scheduled for July 11. I was told we would be going through mediation first, so that was unexpected.
Anyway...I am requesting sole physical and legal custody with only supervised visitation. I have some documents such as his parole paperwork, and recent emails where he was talking about being at the bar, hotel parties, doing and selling drugs, etc. I don't have a lawyer, and now I'm starting to get anxious. I have no money to obtain a lawyer, but I'm starting to feel like I need one.
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Re: Finally!
Congrats on your paternity test results!
I am in PA so I know states are different but when I got my paternity results they scheduled a court date but it wasn't actually court with a judge. It was supposed to be with a magistrate, which is kinda like mediation, to see if we could agree first. Do MO do something like that?
Could you contact legal aid to give you some advice?
"There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."
I'm wondering if it is actually going to be mediation and they just phrased it as a court appearance. I am planning to call them tomorrow to find out for sure. It sucks that I got this news on a Saturday and have to wait to find out what's going on!
I'm in MO, too, and my lawyer told me our lawyers might just agree to terms. If not we go to some kind of mediation-type meeting with a caseworker, and if we still don't agree we go to court. I'm guessing we will agree fairly quickly since all we're doing is setting up CS and not visitation.
I know you don't have a lawyer, so I'm guessing you might just skip to do the caseworker thing. Not sure, I'm still early in the process myself, but this is what my lawyer's office indicated if it helps =0)