Can he really do anything about this?
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| Fri, 07-15-2005 - 3:41pm |
OK. So ex-h and i have joint-legal custody. i have SOLE physical custody. My Mom watched our son most of the time .. he is in parent's day out 2 days per week, 5 hours per day. My mom is out of town next week. I told him she's out of town for less time than she really is because i knew he'd throw a fit about someone else watching him. i have arrangements for people to watch him ... monday he's with my brother's girlfriend, Tuesday my brother will take him to school, and ex will pick him up. Wednesday by brother will take him and pick him up. Thursday nad Friday I'm off and he'll be with me. He knows that I'm off Thursday and Friday so I told him that my mom was leaving wednesday night. Just to eliviate any problems. He told me that if he found out anyone other than my MOM was picking him up from school there would be problems. Can he really say or do anything about this? Is it just a waste of his time to try? Time and money .. my brother is 19, by the way. Totally responsbile, and really, really good with our son.
OK .. does it make a difference that he's about $1500 in arrers on child support, and has at least one warrant out for his arrest .. the one I know about is a criminial warrant, for passing bad checks.
Does he really have a legal leg to stand on?

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I'll have to see if I can get soem legal advice and see what they say. Becaue I KNOW that what ex told me, that joint legal custody is ANYTHING pertaining to our sons well being, and that would include my (in his opinion) irresponsible brother picking him up.
Edited 7/18/2005 4:48 pm ET ET by klo73
He can't just keep your son if you have a court order that you have primary physical custody and specifies which days he is to have your ds. If he wants to keep your son he has to file with the court for a change in custody and prove you are a danger to your child. If he keeps your son, all you will have to do is call the police, let him know he has not returned your son and show them a copy of the court ordered custody agreement. Call the police and ask them if they will enforce your court order, I'll bet they tell you 100% yes.
In fact, if he knows you lied in court and he did not immediately make the court aware of it, but instead sat on the information for a while until it was advantageous for him and he wanted to use it against you for other reasons, that will look very bad for him.
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