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Ask Carolyn: How Can I Help with My Grandchild’s Day Care Tuition?

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Dear Carolyn, I am a grandmother, and I want to help pay for the tuition for my grandchild’s day care and education at a nice day care facility.  Then, my daughter and son-in-law can work without worry.  They own their own business, and they both need to focus some quality…

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How Can I Make the Most of Time with My Kids?

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Dear Carolyn, I am a father of a beautiful 8-year-old daughter and a handsome 10-year-old son.  I live here, but the mother lives in California.  The mother has custody, but the children will be visiting with me for the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of…

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Ask Carolyn: Who Gets the Dependency Exemptions?

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Dear Carolyn: My ex and I share the children fifty-fifty.  We have three children.  I make approximately $25,000 more than the other parent.  I pay child support even though I have them half the time.  Our child support order says nothing about who gets the dependency exemptions, and I get…

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Ask Carolyn: Will My Daughter’s Age Keep Me from Getting Custody?

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Dear Carolyn, I have a two year old daughter and the mother and I are facing a custody trial. The mother, in my opinion, has some mental disorders and has been treated for long-term depression. The mother breast fed, and mother and daughter are close.  I feel, however, that I…

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Parental Alienation After Divorce

Dear Carolyn, My heart is broken. The mother of my children has bad-mouthed me so much and talked about our nasty divorce to the children so much that the children won’t talk to me or visit with me. She has poisoned their minds. What can I do? Carolyn Answers…. Estrangement…

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Ask Carolyn: Can DSS Use a Dropped 50B As Evidence of Child Abuse?

Hi, Ms. Carolyn My wife and I need some advice. In 2009, we had to see a judge in a matter of a 50B taken out by my stepson’s father based upon alleged child abuse. The 50B judge said that we would revisit the 50B issue after DSS finished their…

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Ask Carolyn: Facebook Posts as Evidence in Custody Cases

Dear Carolyn, My ex is all over Facebook about what she did with the kids during Spring Break. She apparently took some young woman with her to babysit so she could spend more time with her boyfriend on the Florida beach. She posted my little boy “buck naked” on the…

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Medical Kidnapping by DHHS

Dear Carolyn, I am a legally blind mother with a ten-year-old daughter. My daughter was just diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes. Just prior to the diagnosis, my daughter had a fainting spell, and my neighbor called social services. Now, I have the Department of Health and Human Services at my door.…

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Ask Carolyn: How to Deal with a Problem Stepchild

Dear Carolyn, Did I walk in a landmine or what?  I married the most wonderful man, but his daughter who lives with us half of the time is a nightmare.  She is disrespectful and disruptive.  She will not clean up after herself.  She is always texting on her phone and…

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Ask Carolyn: Can I get social security benefits for my grandchildren?

Hello Carolyn, I have a question regarding grandchildren who are in the custody of the grandparents. Here is the scenario. My wife and I have legal custody of three grandchildren ages 13, 12, and 9.  We were granted legal custody by the court about 18 months ago.  Before that, we…

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