When there are teenagers involved in a custody order, their opinion can be taken into account. The Judge can speak to the teen and ask them questions about their preferences.
If the court has given costudy of the child to you and the child lives with you and you are the provider, but the other parent claims the child on his/hers taxes, this is illigal. Not only you can sue, but you need to report this person to the IRS and let them deal with him.
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If the parents are married, yes. If one parent has sole custody that parent can consent.
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First, the child has no specific right to choose which parent to live with without a court order. As to this issue, the other parent could file an emergency motion for custody on the grounds of abandonment.
See related question, but you do not want to complain to family services, as the child will simply be put into foster care, than returned to the custodial parent. In less than 15% of the cases do they give the child to the other parent. The other parent will need to collect evidence and file a custody challenge. The child has the right to an opinion, but not to choose.
When one parent makes important decisions for the children without consulting the other parent and withholds important information from the other parent. When they purposely try to interfere with the other parent's time with the childern - telling them they don't have to go and making arrangements with them during your "scheduled" time with the children and not consulting you first......the list goes on - going through it now.
If the parents are divorced then it is between the parents if the child can go live with the other parent. At age 14 the child can choose witch parent he/she wont's to live with. If that other parent is not willing to let the child go live with that parent then it can be taken to court or just wait till the child is 18 and can go live on it's own.
No, both sibling have the same right to inherit from a parent. The parent can choose to give children different inheritances by will.
In the state of South Carolina a child has the right to choose which parent they would like to live with at the age of 14. The judge takes in the level of maturity of the child, and other mitigating factors.
Age 18