I am 18 and the father is 25. If I went to court who would get custudy?

Answer 1

Hi, I am assuming that you may want to hold the father responsible for your child. If you are the mother and you went to court, it would not matter that you are 18, if you are otherwise not involved in any provable incapacity, legal or otherwise.

Answer 2

Depends on where you live and the cirumstances of the split. If you have never been busted for drugs or anything and can provide a home and food and care for the child. There shouldn't be a reason for them to take custody away from you. Here in Texas most of the time the women wins custudy. Some lawyers will often give you an initial meeting for free....that might give you a better idea of what happens where you live. Call around and find one that will.

Answer 3

You can go to your county court house and apply for joint custody, granting yourself as the primary care provider, granting the father the right to see the child through a personally agreed schedule, between the father and yourself. You can attempt to work this situation out...hopefully the father or you are not stuck on stupid or intent on using the kids as pawns. The court then usually schedules a court date for a hearing in front of a judge...child support and maintenance is also (generally) determined at this time. The children/child will assign a Court Warden to the children, who will be their advocate in times where it is needed. If the court has to assign a schedule for visitation, this is more of a pain for you and the father, since you would have to adhere to the set schedule. Its better to agree with each other on a personal basis, but if you two can't work things out--don't want to work things out, it becomes more strict and someone else will decide for you. Go into the county court and file for custody, as soon as possible. You should seek the advice of a lawyer. A lot depends on the situation and the people involved. Good luck.

Answer 4

The courts usually rule in favor of the mother, unless the mother has some serious issues, like criminal charges pending due to drugs or something. A mother really has to mess up her life before a father can get legal custody. Financial situations really aren't that important, because during court, right after the mother is officially given custody, the judge orders the father to pay child support. Expect the father to get temporary custody on weekends, though. If not that, he will get visitation rights, which means he can see the child at certain times of the week under certain conditions.

Answer 5

Try for full custody or go 50 50 to be on the safe side. He would rather that and what would he do being 25, single, and having a baby. So just talk to him about 50 50.

Answer 6

Well actually you are technically considered an adult, so no one would get custody.
Do you mean custody of you or a younger child? If it were that case then it would have to depend on both of your backgrounds to see who is more suited with the responsibility, chances are is that they will pick the 25 year old.Hope that helped =)

Answer 7

Depends.

To get particular advice, hire an attorney licensed to practice law in your state. Look for someone with family court or divorce (sometimes called "dissolution") experience. Whether there was a marriage or not in your particular case, most states determine custody in accordance with rules that are set up in contemplation of divorces, and your state probably has similar rules.

I hope this helps, good luck to you.

Answer 8

As I do not know your circumstances only a fool would answer this one!

In my experience, generally the mother has the advantage of having legal custody. Though it may be the rule, it does not always occur that way!

If you aren't married, or were not when the child was born, his name should not even be on the Birth Certificate unless legally done so!

Answer 9

Your age does not matter. You are a legal adult and so is he.

Do you have a safe and stable place to live? A way to provide for your child's needs? Who usually does the daily care of the child (feeding, bath time, etc.) More than likely you will get split custody with each of you splitting time and responsibilities, unless one of you is found to be pretty unfit.

Answer 10

this isn't a spelling test. If you can't answer the question, don't even reply. It doesn't matter how old you are sweetie, the mother usually gets custody over the kid unless she is unfit. The court also looks at which household would be a better environment for the child. Just get a good job, keep your life straight and everything will work out.