State is Florida.
My Daughter is 2 years old. When she was born she was addicted to
Cocaine and Heroin. DCF in Florida was called by the hospital and the
child was given to me as I was the father. Yes I have had a DNA test
to prove it also. The mother also was positive for the same.
It's been two years since that happened, the mother and I had a good
on/off releationship and she did see the child. She did not complete her
drug program as DCF asked.
She has fileld for custody, however during depositions last week she
admitted she was using, and has been using cocaine, herion and other drugs
for 15 years and is just now she says she is seeking treatment and goes to
a methadone clinic for help.
She had 4 other children, DCF took 3 of them for drug use over the last
10 years. The last child died at birth from Drug withdraw last year.
I want the mother to have visits, and I still get along with her. She says
she is clean (2 months), but is on methadone 120mg day, but she did
methadone to get high in the past.
I believe she is a good mom, but that is when she was not high and that
was not often. I never asked for child support, and don't get it. I have an
attorney and she has mixed feelings about this also. She says the mother
needs to get off methadone first as it is just another drug adiction.
I like my attorney, but feel sometimes she don't budge in giving my childs
mother a chance but she insists it's in my best interest to do it this way
and make the mother prove she is clean and not using methadone as the
legal way to get high.
Any ideas from those that have been there?
My Daughter is 2 years old. When she was born she was addicted to
Cocaine and Heroin. DCF in Florida was called by the hospital and the
child was given to me as I was the father. Yes I have had a DNA test
to prove it also. The mother also was positive for the same.
It's been two years since that happened, the mother and I had a good
on/off releationship and she did see the child. She did not complete her
drug program as DCF asked.
She has fileld for custody, however during depositions last week she
admitted she was using, and has been using cocaine, herion and other drugs
for 15 years and is just now she says she is seeking treatment and goes to
a methadone clinic for help.
She had 4 other children, DCF took 3 of them for drug use over the last
10 years. The last child died at birth from Drug withdraw last year.
I want the mother to have visits, and I still get along with her. She says
she is clean (2 months), but is on methadone 120mg day, but she did
methadone to get high in the past.
I believe she is a good mom, but that is when she was not high and that
was not often. I never asked for child support, and don't get it. I have an
attorney and she has mixed feelings about this also. She says the mother
needs to get off methadone first as it is just another drug adiction.
I like my attorney, but feel sometimes she don't budge in giving my childs
mother a chance but she insists it's in my best interest to do it this way
and make the mother prove she is clean and not using methadone as the
legal way to get high.
Any ideas from those that have been there?