My sons are aged 17 and 14, and I have primary physical custody. While visiting their father, they left a message for me that they want to live with him permanently and do not plan on returning here. I am currently suing him for current and back child support which is why he is putting them up to this. Do I have the legal right to insist that they keep to the court ordered arrangement until they go to court and change it, and if so, how do I enforce this?
2006-11-25 13:28:25 · 8 answers · asked by KAREN N 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Absolutely! Get a lawyer, and take him back to court. He has not got a leg to stand on. If he disobeys a court order, he will go to jail. Good Luck!
2006-11-25 13:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by olderbutwiser 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The kids are at the age to choose, and they can get a guardian at litem to fight for them, but a court order is a court order, and back child support should be paid!
Call your attorney and force the court order to be placed in action, and suggest that the kids needs appointed guardian ad litem to help them and find the best interest for placements for them. Divorce stinks, and they are teenagers, and they are at that age no mom is cool and don't want your guidance as a parent. Right now dad is probably the fun parent and no rules are enforced and they get to do what ever they want to do! If you feel like neglect of parenting issues take it to the judges, dept of children and families and the guardian ad litem.
2006-11-25 13:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by ourjacobdavid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inform him that his tactics won't work.Regardless of were the children are now he will still be forced to pay you the back owed child support.Also the current until he gets a judge to rescind the support order.He will owe the support until the day he dies if he doesn't.If he is sorry enough to use the children in an effort to now support them then you need to make sure he doesn't get away with it.Continue your suit.Ask the judge for the support to be taken directly out of his pay. There are a ton of things that can happen to him.Like the failure to pay timely support could go onto his credit report has a bad debt.You can push to get his driver license taken if he continues to fail to pay.You can have him arrested for failure to pay once you get your support order.Has for the child custody agreement if you have a written copy get it out call your local police dept.And have him forced to give them back or face arrest for failure to comply with the custody order.If he is only wanting them in order to try to get out of support payments he won't keep them long.What dummies like that fail to realize is that it take a lot more money to support a child full time then these people are being made pay in child support.Good Luck!!
2006-11-25 13:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the police and have them brought back. the father needs to go down to the court and request a modification in child custody. which doesn't erase the back child support by the way. by the time this is even all done, the oldest will be 18 anyway.
you can disagree and say no. or you can agree to it. it's your choice. if you disagree, cops will drag those boys back to the house and the father can be held in violation of the court order.
2006-11-25 13:35:02 · answer #4 · answered by Bella 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, if you have legal custody and your husband have them for the weekends and holidays, call him, demand that he delivers them to your house. If he refuses go to police and file report. They will take proper action. Remember, that the children have no say where they are to live. It was ordered by the judge and can be changed only by the judge and only under special circumstances.
2006-11-25 13:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is you can call the police to force the children home. The 14yr old won't be a problem but the 17yr old depending on state laws may be able to stay.
2006-11-25 13:31:28 · answer #6 · answered by Poppet 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have a court order, it's a court order, if your ex wants to have it changed, let him spend the money......take care
2006-11-25 13:33:23 · answer #7 · answered by Bert 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
combating a baby from traveling their father because of the fact of a loss of help money is illegitimate and punishable by regulation. Visitation and help are 2 separate themes legally, and each and each difficulty has criminal treatments in place to handle them without dad and mom getting in touch attempting to take regulation into their very own hands. confident, your father has rights.
2016-10-04 09:04:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋