Question about Legal and physical custody(maryland)?

Question

In two weeks Me and my Ex.wife will sign agreement doing with the our two kids.She want Joint legal custody and sole physical custody.If I give her sole physical custody,can she move to another state or leave the country with children.I told my lawyer out of revenge she will do that.My lawyer told me I can fight for joint physical custody.There's a chance you might get the same judge who screw you the first time. A judge who gave my wife custody of the kids.The judge admit in court that my wife took the kids to get out of paying child support to the husband.But since the husband don't have custody I'm going to give her custody.Now i get every other weekend and 5 week in the summer.

Answer 1

Well, if you are both currenty living fairly close to each other you may want a shared parenting plan where each parent takes the children for equal time on a rotating basis.

That is to say, you would have them for one or two weeks, or a month, and then she would have them for that same period of time. Then you switch..

They do make a shared parenting program for folks on this kind of plan to track appointments and activities. I think a calendar would do the same thing.

If you really want to be a part of the kids lives on a regular basis, with time to parent and raise them like you would like, request shared parenting. I think there are other terms for it, so, if the name is not the same, but the function is, go for that.

Kudos to you for hanging in there Dad. Your kids have what my kids did not...a father that cares by lending his presence. It's priceless.

Answer 2

Legally or what it matters, she cannot leave the state loneless the country without your or the courts written permission or face federal parental kidnapping charges which will fallunder international law so she will be picked up, if you grant her custody. Now if your status should ever change you can always take her back to court for a custody remodification hearing. Good luck