If your child goes to juvenile court in California, there are seven types of hearings he may have to go to. 1. Detention hearing. This is a hearing to determine whether your child can go home or must stay in jail until his/her next court hearing. This will take place...
Do Stepparents have rights to request custody and visitation orders?
Generally no, because the stepchild is not a child of the relationship. The family court can however, hear matters and make custody and visitation orders in a dissolution of a domestic partnership. In an action for dissolution of marriage, legal separation or nullity, the family court can grant reasonable visitation...