Custody change

I live in the state on Florida, my kids live with their dad in NY. Over summer visitation they said they wanted to come live with me. They are 14 & 10 years old. Their dad was granted custody 5 years ago. My question is , will the courts listen to my kids at their age & do I have a chance if I petition the court my self from custody?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by brandy_34465:
[b]I live in the state on Florida, my kids live with their dad in NY. Over summer visitation they said they wanted to come live with me. They are 14 & 10 years old. Their dad was granted custody 5 years ago. My question is , will the courts listen to my kids at their age & do I have a chance if I petition the court my self from custody?[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

A court will always listen to a child, if you want to put your children through this, because it could be real messy. However, courts are loath to change custody if there is no "sufficient changes in circumstances" that would warrant a change - - other than, "I want to live with (mommy or daddy)."

Courts do not want to change a child's environment, friends, school, and other association without extremely good cause.

Without other information amounting to good cause, and a severe change in circumstances, I would say you have less than a 5% chance of gaining custody, if that much. Sorry.

IAAL

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