regarding your post
you have to be 16 and have a ged or finished high school and i believe and have a job- means of support. hope this helps then you file in court.
my childs father who has not been apart of my sons life,had filed for custody!without my knownledge they held a emergency custody hearing and gave my son to him!(a stranger!)my husband the man who help raise my son found out that day -i was out of town with kids(he has family in police dept.)he...