Be sure that his ex wife is indeed neglectful of the children because otherwise it's a rotten thing to do. Sometimes ex's are bitter towards each other and will fight over who gets custody of the children. Be sure that shared custody isn't the best thing because the children only see your fiance as "dad" and his ex wife as "mom". Children are usually the ones hurt in this process. If indeed she is negligent then he can call "Child Welfare" (that's what we call it in Canada) to evaluate the situation, or retain a lawyer to prove beyond a doubt she is indeed negligent with the children. This is touchy because you don't know everything that went on with your fiance and his ex. It's important that he is taking this action for all the right reasons. What may be the father's outlook on what neglect is, may not be so. Remember, you will be involved in this as well because if he gets full custody you'll be helping to look after those children too and it's going to be one tough job and extremely hard on you because you'll be taking the place of their biological mother. Most children don't take kindly to having their mother or father replaced.
Good luckMarcy
In the U.S. states differ in the legal definition of what is considered neglect of minor children. Therefore, the best course of action in instances where there is no documented history of physical abuse, would be to request the state's department of social services to investigate the home environment.
Please be advised, judges do not look favorably upon parents who make false allegations in the attempt to gain custody of children or to "get even" with an ex spouse.
If she's truly unfit, you should have some evidence, such as phone calls, emails or witnesses. But remember, the primary consideration in a divorce is your children, not yourselves. You may want to consider whether it's truly best to remove her from her children's lives. * It is always a mistake for spouse's to attack each other during a dissolution of marriage, custodial hearing or any other such issues. Legal counsel is responsible for submitting applicable evidentiary material to the court and for protecting their client's best interest. Whether or not a parent is unfit is a decision that is made by the judge, not by any of the involved parties.
You have to have proof of any obligations you try to bring against him in court. So whatever you try to fight him with make sure you have proof to back yourself up. I learned from my lawyer recently that the judges in our town believe it is better to have a dead beat opposed to NO dad at all... Which makes it really hard on us single mothers who are doing what we feel is best for our children. I know that my situation is best left alone because he doesn't come around now any. So you chose which evidence you have but let your choice be chosen wisely.
Not an issue to be raised in this context.
A person can be proven unfit by proving the person is using drugs, abusing a child, and pictures of abuse or a filthy home.
No. A divorce is a legal action that ends a legal marriage. Parents are not married to their children.
No but u have a small say in it.
The effects divorce can have on children will depend a lot on the ages of children. Younger children ,including toddlers, will feel a sense of abandonment when one parent appears to be missing. Older children (late teens) may resent the parent who chose divorce and consider that parent selfish for making their own life a priority instead of the whole family. Children in between are too old to feel abandoned but too young to assign blame to either parent. Therefore, they tend to blame themselves.
Children are more challenge by divorce parent can take it but children cant some times
divorce and it's affects on children vary and depend on the children, and the situation of the divorce. the younger the children are, the less they understand about the divorce. some blame themselves, and some blame one of the parents, if not both. sometimes, when the child is left with a single parent, who usually is the mother the child will either blame and resent that parent for messing up the unity that the child once saw that parent having with the no longer present spouse, or the child will form a very deep bond with that parent for fear of losing the one parent that child has left. the substitution of another person to fill in the role of the parent who either left or is not in that child's life as much by introducing a step parent can be tricky and in some cases not healthy. one should never try to compel a child to call a step parent "mom" or "dad", unless the kid wants to do so on their own. Beware of abusive step parents and allow free communication from child to see if step parent might be abusive behind closed doors.
David Royko has written: 'Voices of children of divorce' -- subject(s): Case studies, Children of divorced parents, Divorce, Parent and child
Children, not even teens, should not divorce their parents in any way, unless their parents are abusing them in an unappropriate way. Hopefully your parent does not... Children and teens should not divorce their parents because only their parents have a full wage, and know how to control business matters. Think before you do! =D Hope this helps.................................
It depends if your parent(s) are happy in their relationship or not..... I would talk to my parent before actually doing it : )
You cannot divorce a parent, you can only divorce a spouse.
In most cases the children will stay with their mother even though the father has a legal deportation.
age 18 see links below
Nothing. Not very helpful or necessarily true.