I am a US Citizen and currently living in the US. My 3 yr old son was born in the US (doesn't have dual citizenship at this point) and lives with me. I don't have any court orders at this point as his Dominican father (lives in the DR but has US tourist visa) would occasionally send child support and visit yearly for his birthday. In the beginning, we were communicating well but it has slowly become non-existent. Anyone recommend a good family lawyer in the DR that I would be able to ask some questions to? What are the dominican child support and custody laws? What kind of custody agreement might he be expecting if I take him to court (in the US)?
I have never discussed going to court, custody, or anything to give him information about how the US legal system works. I had hopes that we could co-parent well but he's recently made some life choices that make me question that we could rebuild our communication. We have a contract (non-legal) that we drafted with a counselor for my son's first birthday and he hasn't been able to follow through with that. I am already in the process of getting a US family lawyer.
I have never discussed going to court, custody, or anything to give him information about how the US legal system works. I had hopes that we could co-parent well but he's recently made some life choices that make me question that we could rebuild our communication. We have a contract (non-legal) that we drafted with a counselor for my son's first birthday and he hasn't been able to follow through with that. I am already in the process of getting a US family lawyer.