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jennssm
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Changing Sole Custody to Joint

07/25/11 07:21 PM

Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for a little input on a question I have. Currently, I have sole custody of my son. When his father and I divorced, he told the courts that he just wanted visitation. At that point in his life, he really wasn't ready to be a "dad". He was more interested in a fun, non responsible life style. That was four years ago. Throughout those four years, we have had our ups and downs. He has had quite a few girlfriends but at this point, I think my son has just become acustomed to this and realizes this is how it is. Now by no means is his dad a bad father (our son is 7). He's wonderful with him for the most part. I have realized that just because I don't agree with the way my ex lives, I cannot punish our son. My ex has been asking for more time with our son as well as joint custody. Our papers give him every other weekend and one day a week. Plus he gets him all summer and during the summer I have him every other weekend. We are very flexible with one another no matter whose time it is and little by little I have been giving him more time. At this point, the main thing that bugs me the most is my ex does a lot of fighting with his girlfriend. My son has seen a lot of this through the summer since he has been staying out there. I have spoken with my ex about this and he assures me it won't happen again and then once again, it does. It's very frustrating. My question is this...should I consider giving him joint custody? And if i did, does the court frown on this? Would they look at it as me not wanting to be with my son? Because that is the LAST thing I would want. It's very hard for me to be away from my son but I do understand his father misses him to. I'm just wondering what other's think of this and if anyone else sees anything wrong with changing it. Thanks for all your input!

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Changing Sole Custody to Joint	jennssm	07/25/11 07:21 PM
Re: Changing Sole Custody to Joint	Debi	07/25/11 11:54 PM
Re: Changing Sole Custody to Joint	robyn8	07/26/11 11:12 PM
Re: Changing Sole Custody to Joint	maimai	08/12/11 02:10 PM
Re: Changing Sole Custody to Joint	jennssm	07/26/11 09:13 PM
Re: Changing Sole Custody to Joint	rodman11	07/26/11 10:25 PM
Re: Changing Sole Custody to Joint	annatof4	07/25/11 07:43 PM

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