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Most courts use the best interest of the child to determine custody. If the court awarded custody to the father, it determined that living with the father is better for the child than living with the mother. In most states, you can file a new suit to modify custody after the fact. You generally have to wait for a certain period of time after the first award, and you'll need to prove that there has been a sufficient change in circumstances such to warrant changing the prior order. At that point, you would then have to prove that the child's needs would be better served by being moved to the mother's custody.
Custody modifications are difficult, tedious and expensive. If you are serious about this, you need to start talking to a good lawyer.
Harm alone does not reward you the custodial parent status. In most instances where harm is apparent, Child Services will intervene and correct the issue before it becomes an abusive situation. In many different ways, you must also prove the parent unfit. The process is and will be expensive, complicated and lengthly. If you have the funds and evidence to pour into a complex case, it may be in the child's best interests for you to pursue. Depending on the state the child resides, this case starts at $3500-$5000 to retain representation. You will have to petition in the state in which the child resides. I caution you, do not attempt to pursue for your own well being. The attorney representing the father will have you extensively evaluated to determine your true motive. In most cases, the original court order will not be overturned.
if you could prove harm is being done to the child.
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How often is the father awarded custody of the child over the mother?
How often is the father awarded custody of the child over the mother in North Carolina?
What happens with sole custody after the father is awarded visitation in Tennessee?
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.
Can the biological mother get custody of son that lives with the adopted father?
Yes, she can. All she has to do is press suit to have custody awarded, or convince him to give her custody.
After physical custody of a child was awarded to the father by the court and joint custody to mother can the mother get physical custody.?
Yes if she can prove that it would be the the child's best interest to be with her physically. Custody orders can change at any time. If there is a sign of danger from the child being with the father, the mother can gain physical custody.
On what grounds can a mother ask for sole custody if she is only doing it to hurt the father?
On the same grounds as she would if she was doing it in the interest of her children.
If a mother with phsical custody is incarcerated will the father with joint legal custody be automatically awarded custody of the child?
I think it depends on how long the mother will be incarcerated for. There might be a hearing giving the father temporary custody. But if the father ever tries to get full physical custody of the child in the future, it might not be good for the mother. However, she can never be refused visitation.
What is the time frame for child abandonment so father can gain full custody?
A child does not need to be abandoned by their mother for a father to be awarded full custody. If the father can demonstrate before a judge that the mother is unfit to parent, the judge can award him full custody of the child.
The judge said the father has to much control over mother and mother wants to move out state father wants to do a custody evaluation will the judge allow that after he awarded mother sole custody?
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If a father won physical custody of two girls and mother is appealing saying that she has cleaned up her act what are fathers chances of maintaining physical custody at appeal?
If father was awarded custody before and his circumstances have not changed, unless the mother's situation has improved dramatically the father has a good chance of maintaining custody.
Does the father get custody if the mother dies?
The father would be the favored person to get legal custody if the mother had custody and died unless he was found to be unfit to have custody.
How can you get residential custody of child as a single father?
A single father, what does that mean? Are you divorced, ever married to the mother of your child, or is the child adopted by you, or is the mother dead or out of the picture? If your question is "How does a Father obtain residential custody after a divorce or in a paternity case", then I can answer this question. Let me know what your grounds for custody are. What is it about the mother or other parent that makes it harmful for the child to remain in their care?
The agreement between 2 parents is custody to mother but weekends for father if the mother dies who would get custody?
the father gets the custody of the child if the mother dies
