This would vary by state, but basically the court would have to believe that it is in the best interests of the child that he/she not have a legal relationship with the parent.
No, that alone is not a reason to terminate custody. The non-custodial parent should be paying child support.
Of course. Unless the non-custodial parent takes sole custody, the non-custodial parent is still responsible for paying child support to whomever the child goes to. There is no reason the death of a parent should terminate the other parent's child support obligation.
Clear evidence of child abuse
because the custodial parent passed away,
Petition the court to terminate the visitation with th guardian until the jailed parent is released from jail.
No, as both signatures are needed for a passport.
I take it you want to terminate your child support, and you should be able to do so. However, you will need to go to court to get this done.
Being a ward of the State in itself means there is no custodial parent, and certainly none that supports the child, which is needed to take the deduction.
Yes, unless the non-custodial parent gets custody. In that case the non-custodial parent must file a motion to terminate the child support order. The child support should be paid to whoever has custody of the child. If it's not the non-custodial parent then the child support order should be modified to reflect the party that should receive the child support payments. You have to pay for your child so you have to pay to the one who has custody while the other parent is in prison. If the state has custody you will pay the state.
for what?
Yes! Why would you want to keep that from the "custodial parent" anyway?
Unless visitation rights for the non-custodial parent were allowed in the divorce paperwork, the custodial parent is completely within their rights to deny the non-custodial parent visitation....however, the non-custodial parent may sue for visitation rights.