This is a hard question. Once the child reaches 18 you may not have to pay child support. The child may be covered by disability. The child can be put in a long term care facility if you no longer wish to provide care. Check with your local social services office for more information on this.
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I believe that the mother should get custody and she gives the father a schedule to be on.
Schedule C is applicable to Shared Custody situations. see links below
You need to return to the court and file a petition for modification of the custody order. The court will schedule a hearing and render a decision.
No, this is illegal. Both parents must adhere to the custody schedule. If the father is entitled to visitation or partial custody, the mother cannot legally defy the schedule and refuse to let him see the child.
Depends on the disability and your ability to care for the child.
"She was confined to the yard indefinitely and could go nowhere ."
she shouldn't get custody at all, she belongs in jail, and the children belong in more capable hands
He's using the daughter as a pawn. This is a ploy. Continue with the divorce... tell the lawyer you need an iron clad custody and visitation schedule NOW.
Child support in Oregon is based on the custody schedule and not the actual amount of time the children spend with the parents. If the custody schedule has not been altered then child support should continue based on that schedule, regardless of whether or not the parents are adhering to it. However, the mother may be able to ask the court to review the current schedule and alter it based on the preference of the children. Ultimately, the judge will make the final decision, and not the mother or the children. If a judge decides to alter the schedule so that the children spend more time with the mother, child support will likely increase as well. As a side note, if the mother refuses to adhere to the custody schedule, regardless of the preference of the children, she is violating a court order and breaking the law.
The mother can still have sole legal and physical custody when the father is awarded visitations. Custody and visitations are separate matters. The mother would be required to obey the visitation schedule.
He has the right to request custody (joint custody- which may or may not be granted) and/or a visitation schedule and have a child support order entered if the mother is to retain physical custody.