It depends on where the child legally resides. In the United States, that would be the "age of majority", at least 18 in all 50 states.
Minors are not allowed to choose with whom they wish to reside. In some instances the judge will speak with a minor child about certain issues and may or may not take the minor's opinions into consideration when making custodial decisions.
The issue of where the minor child/children live will be made on what is in his or her best interest and not on the preference of the parties involved including parents or the child/children.
Actually the parents must come to a mutual agreement on custody if your son is a minor.
Usually not until she is 18 but if it goes to court the court will listen to a child from around age 16 but is not obligated to follow the wish.
I do believe it I around ages 14+
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By law, a child does not choose. When you are 18, you are no longer a child, and can choose where you live.
Here the child at 16 years can not decide where she or he wants to live. As they are minors the court will decide it for them.
If a child wants to live with the child's boyfriend, then the child needs to be 18.
When you are 18 year old, you can choose where you want to live.
If the son wants to I believe he can. In my state (Georgia) the child can choose who he/she wants to live with at the age of 14.
Yes, legally at the age of twelve a child can choose which parent he / or she wants to live with and visits with.
The child does not actually get to choose where they live. At 15, the judge will take the child's wishes (along with other things) into consideration, but in the end, it is the judge that makes the final decision, not the child. this is not true in qld Australia u can choose where u want to live wants u turn 18
18. But if it goes to court the court might ask the child who he wants to live with if he is around 15yo and the court might follow his wish but is not obligated to.
In most states is around 14 years old. There are some states where the child has no choice. It's a decision that court will make concerning a minor child.
He has to be 18.