My husband and I are both active duty army and I want to file for divorce. Has anyone ever been through this? We have a son together and I was wondering how they decide who gets to keep the kid?
2007-12-30 12:12:53 · 6 answers · asked by ashley b 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The military has nothing to do with this decision. It is all up to the family court in the city where you file for divorce. You should have joint custody so if you get deployed he can care for your son and vice versa. Make this easy on your son and don't trash your relationship with each other so bad your son grows up wack because you guys had to fight over everything. Do what is best for your son first you and you two last. The only thing that matters is the well being of your son.
2007-12-30 13:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not up to the military to decide that. It's all done in the civilian courts, just like any other divorce. The only difference is you may need to file a family care plan for your son if you are deployed. Take to legal about the custody and how you go about filing that paperwork for family care. But get a civilian attorney to file the divorce and the custody paperwork.
And make sure finance sets an allotment for child support.
2007-12-30 20:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by Meghan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military has nothing to do with divorce then are handle in the cillivan world. You talk over who has custody of you. Then each of you will have to fill out a family care plan in case your deployed. No biggie. It just who watch the child while your deployed maybe the other or the grandparents. But failure to file one out timely is grounds for discharge
2007-12-31 00:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by path2631 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF you can agree you can type up an agreement on your own and not let the government tell you who gets the kids and for how long.
If you both don't use lawyers you can save a lot of money and get about the same agreement, maybe better.
2007-12-30 21:00:08 · answer #4 · answered by MP US Army 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That will be up to the civilian courts to decided unless your child is old enough to decided for himself.
2007-12-30 20:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have thought of this before you decided to become a parent, before you decided to join the US Army, and before you married the guy!
2007-12-30 22:18:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋