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Trixie
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My husband and I want to go for custody of his 7 year old daughter. She lives with her mother, my husband has visitation. We pay child support, and contribute an additional $900 a year in clothes, school stuff, etc.
My stepdaughter's mother has another child that's two. They all live in a rundown trailer on the verge of being condemned. My stepdaughter's school has called Child Protective Services 2 times in the past year, once for overall neglect and the other for a slight physical injury that the mother inflicted. My stepdaughter was in counseling all through kindergarten, has 2 child advocates assigned to her at school, has lice every week when we pick her up, has sustained injuries when she wasn't being supervised, has repeated social problems and "staying on task" problems at school, and the teachers have told us that it's obvious she's not getting any attention at home; schoolwork or otherwise.
CPS up here won't do anything, mainly because the mother is a member of one of the most well known families in that town.
Can anyone tell me what chance we have for getting custody of my stepdaughter? We're saving up for a lawyer, should have the $ soon...
Any replies would be welcome. Thanks!
My stepdaughter's mother has another child that's two. They all live in a rundown trailer on the verge of being condemned. My stepdaughter's school has called Child Protective Services 2 times in the past year, once for overall neglect and the other for a slight physical injury that the mother inflicted. My stepdaughter was in counseling all through kindergarten, has 2 child advocates assigned to her at school, has lice every week when we pick her up, has sustained injuries when she wasn't being supervised, has repeated social problems and "staying on task" problems at school, and the teachers have told us that it's obvious she's not getting any attention at home; schoolwork or otherwise.
CPS up here won't do anything, mainly because the mother is a member of one of the most well known families in that town.
Can anyone tell me what chance we have for getting custody of my stepdaughter? We're saving up for a lawyer, should have the $ soon...
Any replies would be welcome. Thanks!