Protecting Myself & My Baby Legally (While Staying Friends with My Ex)

December 17, 2014

After this enlightening conversation, I spoke to a judge in my home state, where my daughter would be born, about how I should proceed and asked him lots of questions about what kind of decisions would affect my rights, etc… I asked him what I needed to do to file for child support (here in Mississippi, it involves an office visit, a DNA test, and…

Leslie is a proudly feminist single mom, former entertainment writer, professional nanny, summer camp director, and playwright who moved from New York to her home town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to be near family and raise her daughter. She has produced plays and other comedy shows at the People's Improv Theater in New York, as well as covered a wide variety of entertainment events from New York Fashion Week to The Vulture Festival, NBCUniversal Upfronts, film premieres, album release parties, and much more. Don't miss her blog, The Way-At-Home Mom.