http://www.elprime.com/tracker/family-law/HI.html Family Law Hawaii We track thousands of legal websites daily to deliver you prospects actively looking for your legal specialities in Hawaii. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:43:46 -0600 en-us http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477152.001 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:42:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation My ex-girlfriend and I have a daughter together who is almost 2. We both live on the Big Island of Hawaii less than three minutes away from each other. When we were initially establishing custody, I saw a lawyer who advised me to not try to fight with her over custody, because the judge was more likely to favor the mother in custody situations, especially in the state of Hawaii. He stated that if i tried to get more than what she was willing to give then I would most likely be given less for it would appear that we were unable to get along and a hostile environment is not in the best interests of the child. So, we went to court and I accepted 30% reasonable visitation. Afterwards, I read online that visitation rights don't amount to anything unless it is stipulated. After much struggle i managed to get a stipulated custody order signed and stamped by the judge allowing me to have tuesday and thursday evenings from 6-8, and saturdays and sundays from 10:30 to 6:30. I usually see my daughter more than this through out the week as her mother is more than welling to let me have her whenever. In fact, our daughter has slept at my house on several occasions even though it specifically states that she will not. It started with saturday evenings and had progressed up to three times in one week. I had to finally put a stop to it because it was becoming very difficult to be separated from her mother who still continues to breast feed our daughter. Babymama says that she is going to another island, where her father and stepmother are so that she can have back surgery or knee surgery or rehab and have her parents take care of my daughter while she is unable to. My issue is that my daughter' and my relationship will be severely disrupted. I would need to charter a boat or plane and an hour and a half drive to see my daughter, which is unreasonable. Can she do this?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477152.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475990.001 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:43:00 -0600 Alimony & Spousal Support This question is not technically about alimony (thought that's part of the issue) ... I just wasn't sure where to put it? And I realize that I probably have no legal right to my ex’s financial info (and don’t actually care what he’s doing with his money. He’s asking me to sign a mortgage loan modification, which is certainly in his best interest but I have doubts whether it is in mine. He was ordered to pay the mortgage, and $700 per month spousal support. He’s 12 months behind on spousal support, and ten months behind on the mortgage. He is claiming that the modification is necessary to prevent foreclosure on the house. The foreclosure hearing is in a couple of weeks. The modification would decrease the payments from $1,300 per month to about $1,000. He makes a guaranteed income of $4,200 per month (or $6,800 per month). He has not been paying credit cards or other debts, except a small amount very sporadically. He has no automobile payments or other major loans that I am aware of. So far as I know, his only monthly outlay is for utilities, gas, groceries, insurance, and the like, as well as $1,000 he claims to be paying to a female employee living with him. He has taken me back to court several times – to cut my visitation, decrease spousal support, try to force me to sign the loan mod. He’s given me problems at every opportunity, including not letting me see our daughter for reasons he makes up and reporting me to various authorities. I say this to make the point that he is certainly not concerned with my well-being, and I don’t feel as though I can trust him. My only guess about what he might be doing with his money, if he really doesn’t have enough, is to pay for all his attorneys (I think he has had 4 within the past 12-14 months), though I think he fails to pay them fully as well. I am concerned that … given the fact that he seems to make ample money to cover his obligations and fails to do so, the $300 modification is not in fact necessary to prevent foreclosure, and I don’t see how I can trust him to pay it even if I DO sign for it. I don’t want to see him lose the house, but on the other hand, I don’t want to end up paying for HIS mortgage (which is what his attorney was hinting at during the hearing last Monday) … especially when he is the reason I have lost my job and my home, and I am currently unemployed and living far from our daughter, unable to afford to see her, in a house a friend was kind enough to let me stay in in exchange for fixing it up. Before I believe that he really needs me to do that, I want to know WHY he cannot seem to pay his bills (thus my interest in knowing his financial information) and how I can trust him in this matter (which I can’t see how I can know or believe that). Thanks for any information anyone can provide. They want to fax the papers to me, and let me have an attorney look them over, but I’ve already spent a fair amount (a lot to me) to deal with this in court, and being unemployed, I cannot begin to afford an attorney. (Legal aid is too overburdened to help with this one, I have already applied.).What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475990.001