I have been divorced for 15 years and my ex-wife has full custody of my daughter. She does not have legal guardianship but I think she is applying. My 21 year old daughter is handicapped and is uncapable of making decisions for herself. My question is what are my chances now of getting joint custody of my daughter and how long will it take and approx how much does it cost. I live in NY now but my divorce was from Florida. I would like to hear answers from attorneys or people familiar with family law. THANKS>
2007-09-29 17:46:14 · 9 answers · asked by paul s 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I'm not a lawyer but I am certain you would have to prove your ex to be perversely unfit to win a case such as this. You have been divorced for 15 yrs and now you could per sue guardianship over your daughter the judge would wonder why now. I am sure you could find a lawyer to take the case but it could cost as little as 8,000 and go up from there.
2007-09-29 17:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by lucidwillow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go down to the same court that granted the first custody order and file to have the custody arrangment modified. You may be able to do it from NY but Florida has jurisdiction. Call a Family Law Lawyer, they'll know what the paperwork is like.
2007-09-29 18:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by Phoebe Finch 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First you can't get custody of an adult child. You may seek to be a guardianship or file as a conservator of your adult child, but you need to file a motion to seek guardianship of an incapacitated adult or file a motion to modify a current guardianship.---You must have a good reason to do so, and you best not tell the Judge it's money. Be prepared to lose though if you haven't had regular contact with her.
2007-10-06 15:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you may no longer. Your spouse endangered the life of your daughter with the aid of planned act. That grew to become into possibly the final straw, no longer basically a one time ingredient. My mum and dad dealt with me worse than that when i grew to become right into a teenager. the only ingredient that helped me get previous it grew to become into time and a splash study. I heard a software on historic past Channel as quickly as and the communicate grew to become into appropriate to the ten Commandments. the 1st Commandment is Honor thy mothers and fathers. VERY difficult for infants and adults who have been abused or in some way heavily harmed with the aid of a determine. the reality is the detest basically hurts the hater. Revenge not often supplies the alleviation you have self belief that it will. you need to return to words with the reality that different all of us isn't perfect. you do no longer ought to have faith your mom (I somewhat does no longer have faith a inebriated), yet you will locate it on your coronary heart to a minimum of no longer hate. Hate makes use of you up. whether you at the instant are not Christian or Jewish, this commandment bears some contemplation, even for a fifteen 3 hundred and sixty 5 days old. i does no longer push for her to attend visitation together with her mom, yet given the DUI, you need to confirm which you incorporate a stipulation that the youngsters are in no thank you to be in a motor vehicle pushed with the aid of their mom interior the custody/visitation contract.
2016-11-06 20:00:44 · answer #4 · answered by laubersheimer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a question.
Why did you wait so long to even think about this issue?????
What makes you think a judge would give you joint custody. Has something changed that you are not telling us about???
2007-10-07 17:05:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless you are a convict of sorts, the judge will usually listen to a child of 15 as to who their choice of parent is to live with.
2007-10-07 13:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by notmygame 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why did you wait this long. Get an attorney.
2007-10-04 08:32:30 · answer #7 · answered by Chulis 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
see an attorney..its time you took control.
2007-09-29 18:03:50 · answer #8 · answered by Oldmansea 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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the first song is by i-nine - 7 days of lonely
I got a call today
At 3am.
It’s what you didn’t say that told me I’d get hurt again
So I hung up the phone
And I screamed out-loud
I felt so alone, should have said the things I’m thinking now
Oh…
Never thought it’d be so hard to let you go,
Tell me how I’m gonna make it
You’re the one I can’t forget
It’s like I’m running in slow motion in a nightmare that never ends
When I try to face it when I wake up I hate the way reality sets in
God I wish you could hold me
Through the seven days of lonely
It’s deafening
The bitter truth
I’m doing everything for the first time again without you
I pretend I’m ok
But it aches inside
There’s got to be a way that’s better than just getting by
Oh…
Never thought it’d be so hard to let you go,
Tell me how I’m gonna make it
You’re the one I can’t forget
It’s like I’m running in slow motion in a nightmare that never ends
When I try to face it when I wake up I hate the way reality sets in
God I wish you could hold me
Through the seven days of lonely
My heart is speeding up and slowing down to know I know it’s over, it’s over
And can you die of heartbreak die from love lost young I pray to find it again
Love again
(Got a call today, at 3am, it’s what you didn’t say that hurts again)
Tell me how I’m gonna make it
You’re the one I can’t forget
It’s like I’m running in slow motion in a nightmare that never ends
When I try to face it when I wake up I hate the way reality sets in
God I wish you could hold me
Through the seven days of lonely
2007-09-29 17:59:16 · answer #9 · answered by K 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋