Court Procedures / Evidence / Service

Although I can’t provide you with specific legal information, I can tell you that generally, only a court order is enforceable by a judge/police. Generally, once a judge issues a custody order, that order is enforceable until the order is modified by the same judge (although in rare situations, another court’s judge may modify it). Therefore, if the parties agree to a different arrangement outside of court, and one party violates it, I don’t know whether you can get a judge/police to enforce it. For this reason, people often decide to choose to modify the order in court so that it is enforceable. If both parties agree to the change, it may be possible to do it in court without lawyers. You may want to ask an attorney for advice to explain the changes that you want and to explain what the best way may be for you to accomplish this. Here is a link for lawyers, free and paid: LINK

NOTE TO STUDENT, LOOK IN THE CUSTODY SECTION OF HER CURRENT STATE THAT SHE WANTS TO LEAVE TO SEE IF WE HAVE INFO IN THE ‘AFTER THE HEARING’ SECTION ABOUT HOW TO MODIFY AN ORDER AND LINK HER TO IT - ALSO, IF SHE PLANS TO MOVE OUT OF STATE, SEE IF WE HAVE A QU ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO RELOCATING - MANY STATES HAVE A SPECIFIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT.