kellypa2678
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What is the name of your state? PA - Dauphin County
Hello,
My daughter who is 11 and will be 12 this July wants to live with her father. He told her she could choose where she wanted to live when she turned 12. So now I am all worried what will happen when she turns 12 this July.
The current situation is that our daughter lives with me and my husband (stepfather) and goes to her Dad's house on the weekends ( Sat night till Mon Morning). This has been the custody for about 5 - 6 years, and then before that, we both (dad and me) had joint custody. We decided to switch from Joint to my having primary physical custody because it was better for our daughter to remain in the same household thru out the school term and it would be a more stable situation for her rather than her being flipped flopped from her fathers to my house.
Our daughter is involved with sports, shes an honor role student.
The living arrangements for her father is that he lives with his father. He has a current girlfriend that is very close with our daughter which bothers me, because I don't want to see my daughter get hurt if his relationship doesn't work out. My living arrangement is I have a husband of 8 years and we own a home. We have givin her a stable enviroment. I believe her father is more of like a friend to her than a parent, IMO only.
Will a court award him custody of her if he persues this? if they would, why would they change such a stable enviroment that she has lived in for the past 5-6 years? I need some advice from people who know and have experience with this. All advice is appreciated.
Hello,
My daughter who is 11 and will be 12 this July wants to live with her father. He told her she could choose where she wanted to live when she turned 12. So now I am all worried what will happen when she turns 12 this July.
The current situation is that our daughter lives with me and my husband (stepfather) and goes to her Dad's house on the weekends ( Sat night till Mon Morning). This has been the custody for about 5 - 6 years, and then before that, we both (dad and me) had joint custody. We decided to switch from Joint to my having primary physical custody because it was better for our daughter to remain in the same household thru out the school term and it would be a more stable situation for her rather than her being flipped flopped from her fathers to my house.
Our daughter is involved with sports, shes an honor role student.
The living arrangements for her father is that he lives with his father. He has a current girlfriend that is very close with our daughter which bothers me, because I don't want to see my daughter get hurt if his relationship doesn't work out. My living arrangement is I have a husband of 8 years and we own a home. We have givin her a stable enviroment. I believe her father is more of like a friend to her than a parent, IMO only.
Will a court award him custody of her if he persues this? if they would, why would they change such a stable enviroment that she has lived in for the past 5-6 years? I need some advice from people who know and have experience with this. All advice is appreciated.