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    sym32one got a reaction from Darnell in Ayudame: K2 Visa & Child Custody   
    My fiancee and I just went through the same process... it took her 2 1/2 years to get the patria potestad. Her daughters father was "absent" and abandoned her. She was never married. Needless to say, this process was grueling and extremely difficult. We changed lawyers 3 times due to all of them being useless pieces of #######. The whole process cost less than $1000 dollars. my thoughts to you would be to spend more and get a lawyer that specializes in this type of case, was educated in the U.S., and speaks English. Be careful, as any lawyer that you talk to in Mexico, regardless of whether they can help you or not is going to tell you they can, that it is really easy, and that it will only take three months. Don't pay up front as we found they will just drag it on and on and on. We found one lawyer who gave us really good advice and said that lawyers in Mexico typically will charge a small fee per appearance and will just drag the case on and on in order to get this small fee - they don't care about completing the case. I found that you need to stay as close as possible to the process, study it, and understand exactly how every bit of it works to make sure you aren't getting screwed. Honestly, if the father is against her coming here you are better off just trying to convince him and paying him off if you have to. All he needs to do is sign on letter saying she can move here permanently and it is done. Mexico has a machismo culture and I think it will be difficult to convince a court that she can move away if he doesn't want her to, regardless of whether he pays child support or not. The only other way is to do what we did and prove that the father is "no where to be found" and has abandoned her. The court will require that you search for him and prove it. They will basically make you serve papers at all of his past addresses and any addresses that the Mexican government has for him. If he never shows up for court it can be considered that he abandoned his daughter. Convincing him that his daughter will have a better life in the U.S., and will love him for it, and paying him off is just sooo much easier... send me a private message if you like and I can share any further details with you.
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    sym32one got a reaction from GlobeHopperMama in Ayudame: K2 Visa & Child Custody   
    My fiancee and I just went through the same process... it took her 2 1/2 years to get the patria potestad. Her daughters father was "absent" and abandoned her. She was never married. Needless to say, this process was grueling and extremely difficult. We changed lawyers 3 times due to all of them being useless pieces of #######. The whole process cost less than $1000 dollars. my thoughts to you would be to spend more and get a lawyer that specializes in this type of case, was educated in the U.S., and speaks English. Be careful, as any lawyer that you talk to in Mexico, regardless of whether they can help you or not is going to tell you they can, that it is really easy, and that it will only take three months. Don't pay up front as we found they will just drag it on and on and on. We found one lawyer who gave us really good advice and said that lawyers in Mexico typically will charge a small fee per appearance and will just drag the case on and on in order to get this small fee - they don't care about completing the case. I found that you need to stay as close as possible to the process, study it, and understand exactly how every bit of it works to make sure you aren't getting screwed. Honestly, if the father is against her coming here you are better off just trying to convince him and paying him off if you have to. All he needs to do is sign on letter saying she can move here permanently and it is done. Mexico has a machismo culture and I think it will be difficult to convince a court that she can move away if he doesn't want her to, regardless of whether he pays child support or not. The only other way is to do what we did and prove that the father is "no where to be found" and has abandoned her. The court will require that you search for him and prove it. They will basically make you serve papers at all of his past addresses and any addresses that the Mexican government has for him. If he never shows up for court it can be considered that he abandoned his daughter. Convincing him that his daughter will have a better life in the U.S., and will love him for it, and paying him off is just sooo much easier... send me a private message if you like and I can share any further details with you.
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