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Question by Lexie: are there any legal ramifications to a parent not administering prescribed medicine to a child?
My son is a 6 year-old boy with mild autism and ADHD. After a few years of being diagnosed with these disabilities, I decided to put him on medicine per advise of his school, his therapist, and his psychiatrist. His behavior was out of control and no form of discipline corrected it for a long term effect. He couldn’t focus on school work. His father and I are divorced. He thinks, despite three separate diagnosis, that there is “nothing wrong” with our son. He and I generally get along okay as we only discuss our son. However, our son went to visit his father for the holidays, and his father decided not to give him his medication. One of the meds that he is on could have fatal reaction to him quiting cold turkey. I have explained to his father several times that this medicine is important. It helps him function in everyday life. He acts like a normal child on the meds and is almost caught up in school with his classmates (finally). His father keeps making up stories, like he is fine when he’s with me, I’m a better parent…it’s like he enjoys the benifits of our son’s advancements and has completely forgotten the struggle we have had with him essentially since birth. I love my son and I want him to have his father in his life, but I don’t want my ex’s ego (and it’s a BIG one) to compromise my son’s safety and health because we disagree. His father sees him rarely and acts as if he’s the other parent and understands the hardships of being a single parent. Are there any legal ramifications in the state of Texas for not administering the prescribed medicine?

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Answer by Kitty
Not unless you were forced to give it to him in the first place. You can however take legal action for putting your son in danger. Also, I suggest you ask your doctor about Dexedrine or Concerta for the ADHD is thats what your having problems with. I take one (Dexedrine) and my boyfriend takes the other (Concerta) so I know they work but they might not be right for your son considering the age difference and there are no fatal drawbacks.

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Question by : legal issue on spouse support being garnished without order?
They are taking 2700 dollars out of my fiances check every month for spouse support that was not ordered by the judges. Its NOT in the divorce decree. Which she is also married so even if it was it would be void. But anyhow its not at all in the divorce decree. The county clerk said that it was discused between the two attorneys so thats why their taking it. In my eyes it shouldn’t matter what was discussed by who ever whenever. The judge did not sign off on that order. So there for, they shouldn’t be taking the money right? Now he has to take off work to go all the way over there to appeal something that isn’t even on paper. What are you amending if its not even in there. The form they want him to fill out wants to know what it says in the decree and what he wants it to be. Its not in there lol. PLEASE HELP!!! any advice would be nice.

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Answer by seemenow
Send a copy to the judge, they went over his head, he might not like that.

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Question by : legal things to do to a really mean person?
ok..before i go on..i would like to add, i know that it may be a little immature but i am at the end of my rope with this person..and am about to have a metal breakdown if i dont get some of this frustration out of my system! I have known this girl for years now and she has always been this evil, manipulative, liar..that likes to do nothing but make everyones life around her miserable..she lies constantly..and not just little white lies, she will say anything to make someone look bad, even stuff that could get that person in major trouble and its not even true! she steals and makes fun of people constantly..even people she doesnt know..she just has to make some remark about the way they look or how there dressed or if there poor or anything..and the funny thing about that is that she lives off the government, has barely ever worked a day in her life and never even got a high school diploma…has a child she doesnt try to teach anything to, just lets him run around destroying everthing and is always yelling and cussing at him and is pregnant again, so she really has no room to talk bad about anyone… I finally got sick of being around her and her always bringing me down..im not the kind of person she is..and dont like to be around someone so horrible..i really only standed her because i dont like to be mean. She had stolen money and clothes form me… Finally i just got sick of it and told her i didnt want to be friends because i didnt like the way she was and she was a bad person..and i couldnt stand the lying and evilness! So i havent talked to her for close to a year now..but she STILL insists on making up lies about me to everyone..crazy stuff that i dont even know were its coming from..but like i said she will say anything to make people look bad..at first i just ignored it..i didnt want to stoop to her level..but a year later?? and its stuff like…me and my husband are getting divorced..our kids are getting taken away because im addicted to meth!!! CRAZY STUFF!! I need to do something before i go crazy..so..with that said..dont think im a hateful bitch..i just want a legal fun way to take out my frustration and get some revenge! Thank you..it is truly appreciated!
Thats funny because i totally believe in karma…but its just not working fast enough in this case!

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Answer by Mike G
What comes around goes around.

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Question by : Legal guardianship of my little sister? Child support?
I am a 25 year old living in Ohio. My sister, (15 yrs old) who was having troubles back home in TN, is coming to stay with me in August. My parents are divorced, and my dad has primary custody. They have both agreed to let her come and live with me until she graduates high school. She will be a junior this upcoming school year. They have agreed to sign a notarized temporary custody agreement form, saying that I am financially responsible, medically, and I am enrolling her in school, etc. Essentially that I will be her legal guardian.
The problem/question is that my parents are worried that the state will come after them for child support if I request assistance for her. (food stamps, free lunches at school etc) I do not want to request child support because if so, my father will say no to granting me guardianship and my sister will be the one to suffer. Will the state do this and make my parents pay child support?????
P.S I do not need any personal family advice, only legal….thank you
My parents will provide some money here and there but cannot provide as much as they would be responsible for with child support.

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Answer by crash.override
The State will scrutinize your income if you are going to ask the taxpayers to help you out for your sister’s sake. The way the State sees it…if you have another legally attainable and enforceable source of income (such as the potential to receive child support) then you should use that rather than have the taxpayers foot the bill.

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Question by Kmack: child custody legal advice, please help, sorry if its long to read.?
My fiance is in a rough situation. ive been with him for 5 years, he has two kids by the same woman..they were previously married, but divorced a couple days after the youngest was born. i am the only woman he has been with since their divorce. The kids are now 10 and 5, both girls. The mother isnt exactly “unfit” but shes not exactly the best mother either. She lived in MA with the kids at first. the baby was born here. when the baby turned about 1, she moved them to VA. Mom re-married only a couple months after the divorce was finalized. Not even a year later, mom divorced her new husband because he was abusive twoards her, but never laid a hand on the kids. She dated a new man while still living in VA. After another year or two they seperated. Mom has never worked a day in her life, she claims she wants to be a stay at home mom with the kids. She was living a stable life when she lived in MA and VA. She would only make about two trips a year to mass so the dad could see his kids, he pays her a decent amount in child support, and rarely gets to see them. He cannot take time off from work to travel to see them, or else he would fall behind on his child support, or risk losing his job all together for frequent trips, and again, mom has never worked, not even when they were married. Shes with a new man now, its almost like she has to be with somebody. She has a third child now, with her new boyfriend. Dads youngest (not this new child) is so confused, she understands who her father is, but still calls all moms boyfriends “daddy”. The oldest misses her father so much. Mom decided to move to ohio only 4 months ago. She came for a visit not even two weeks ago, but left the kids with their aunt and went back to ohio. She has a tendency to dump the kids off with family..but never dad. She leaves them with her parents in VA for weeks on end, and they have spent time with their aunts and uncles who live in mass when she needs to figure out her self. The girls went back to ohio yesterday, The oldest called him crying, she wants to live with dad. He has never gone for custody in fear moms parents will hire her a good lawyer like they did in the divorce. We cannot afford a lawyer. The other day his oldest told him she has been researching how old she can be to make her own decisions on living arrangements, and said when she turns 12, she wants to live with dad. He never sees his kids, he crys over the void of missing his babies. We arnt well off, but we do have decent jobs, and are doing good for ourselves. We havent moved too much, but are willing to find a bigger place to make room for his girls if he was awarded any custody. Mom is moving the kids back and forth between states, never has a job, doesnt even have a car, leaves kids with family, and still tells him shes “doing whats best for the kids”. wouldnt whats best be to move back to MA so dad and i can help with the kids? My question is…what is the likely he could obtain joint custody of them? And if he does, how does this work in two seperate states? or, what is the likely he could motion the court to move mom back to MA? He did sign a form stating she could move the kids out of state, but enough is enough, she needs to remember these are kids, they have feelings too, and when they call their father crying over missing him, wouldnt it be time to act like an adult and do whats best for them? All input is greatly appreciated. and again, sorry for ranting and if this was long, im just trying to figure out what his options are. Thanks!

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Answer by Elated
Joint custody in two states will never happened. Shared maybe, like during summer and holiday breaks.

My question is, why in the world isn’t dad moving closer to his children? Once he establishes residency, he’ll be in a lot better position to go after complete custody. There should be nothing more important than his children, including geography, His children are crying out, he needs to man up and be there for them. No excuses.

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