Can someone walk me through filing custody?

Re: Can someone walk me through filing custody?

• JCGreene85 member

  June 2011

  Usually Ex should file for custody, you file for child support. But I was never married so I'm not sure how that works. Ex filed with his attorney ( to his specifications I assume) I'm sure I'll be receiving the papers soon. I'll review them with my attorney and if we don't agree we will get a mediator. But yes, you can come up with whatever terms you want. If he doesn't agree it just makes the process longer. Dont file unless it's necessary, I'd wait for him too. it took my ex 1.5 years.

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• sweetie0228 member

  June 2011

  No No NO,PP!   She should file custody b/c she was married.  Legally, it usually defaults to 50/50 until specific orders are in place.  AND this is where possession is 9/10 of the law comes in, since he has just as much legal custody as she does if he runs off w/ the child without specific orders in place as to where the child resides and when visitation ends, he can keep that child.  It won't be kidnapping, it would be parenting.

  Everything else she said was pretty much accurate.

  

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• JCGreene85 member

  June 2011

  Ok my bad. Since I wasn't married, I wasn't sure Thanks for the correction! 

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• msualum96 member

  June 2011

  This is where I have the question...we were never married, so do I even need to file custody? And if I have an arrangement w/ DB to have LO one full day and pick up from daycare 3 days, can he "take" him from me?  Or decide WHEN to bring him back?  This is where we disagree, I want him back by 7pm, DB says "Maybe I can't get him back until 7:30"   GRRRRRRR  Or as birth mother am I granted custody?  Or should I get this stuff in writing?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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