What do you do when your child visited your spouse and your spouse refuses to return the child? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Most people instantly think they would call law enforcement and they would assist them to regain custody. That may happen if there is already a court order establishing custody, but in my experience, law enforcement doesn’t always do that. I’m not accusing law enforcement of being indifferent; most of them don’t want to have to “interpret” a court order, especially if it’s trying to figure out who’s weekend it is with the child.
While calling law enforcement should probably be your first step, what if that’s not successful? Whether or not you have a court order regarding custody, you can file for a writ of habeas corpus. This is a court order directing the sheriff to bring the child and whoever has the child to court for the judge to determine custody.
Has this situation happened to you? What did you do to resolve it?
Tim Evans is a lawyer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who focuses on divorce and family law. You may contact him at (601) 255-5085 or
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I've written before about some of the problems with private agencies contracted to the Department of Human Services to help collect child support. Another such problem is in the news.
WLBT, a Jackson television station, is reporting that Young Williams Child Support Services supposedly falsified their records concerning serving subpoenas and summonses to people ...
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Tim Evans is a lawyer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who focuses on divorce and family law. You may contact him at (601) 255-5085 or
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Usually, people only come to see a divorce lawyer after they have either realized their marriage is over, or after their spouse has them served with a complaint for divorce. Generally speaking, they have spent many hours worrying about the decision and have consulted with family, friends, and possibly even counselors and clergy. Therefore, it's ...
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Tim Evans is a lawyer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who focuses on divorce and family law. You may contact him at (601) 255-5085 or
click here to email Tim Evans.
I belong to the Macs in the Law Office mailing list (MILO). Recently, there was a discussion on reasonable time to respond to business correspondence and phone calls. A MILO member, William L. Pfeifer, Jr., posted a link to an article he wrote, "Why Your Lawyer Won't Take or Return Your Phone Calls—Top ...
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Tim Evans is a lawyer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who focuses on divorce and family law. You may contact him at (601) 255-5085 or
click here to email Tim Evans.
I used to have a post on here discussing the higher divorce rates in the Bible Belt. Unfortunately, it got lost in a move between blogging platforms. In it, I commented on several reasons I thought that the divorce rate was higher in the Bible Belt than it was for the "ungodly" parts of the ...
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Tim Evans is a lawyer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who focuses on divorce and family law. You may contact him at (601) 255-5085 or
click here to email Tim Evans.
