custodial parent with three children living with boyfriend

good morning? i hope you can help me. i am the custodial parent of 3 children ages 7,12 & 16. i separated from their father 4 years ago due to his heavy use of cocaine and many girlfriends. we have been divorced for 3/12 years. he was also a cocaine dealer. Here is my situation. i was told by my landlord that we have to be out of the mobile home that we rent in two weeks because my landlord is selling the property. my boyfriend of 2 1/2 years has given me and my children the option to move in with him. he has a big house and he loves my children and wants to help make my life a little less stressful I work two jobs (due to my exhusband being $8,600 in arrears on his child support). my question is if i move my family in with my boyfriend is their anything legally that my exhusband can do to take my kids away from me. even though he has never wanted to have them before and provide a decent home he would do it to hurt me and he does all he can to cause problems for me and keep me from going on with my life. my children want to make this move and are excited that they will have their own rooms and i will be able to spend more time with them because the pressure of raising them on my own will be lessened. please help me because i don't want to do anything that would cause me to jeopardize my rights to be with my children as the custodial parent. thanks! confused:

[Grace_Adler]

I wouldn't think so since part of the reason you are having to move is because he's in arrears on child support and if he threatened to do anything I would use this against him. I'm assuming there is a court order for it. Also you are trying to provide a better home for your children. I take it you have nowhere else to go. So what are you supposed to do. Live on the street? In some states there are co habitation laws so I would check on this. Also are there any court orders for custody or visitation? That might have bearing on it too and what is stated in the orders. But if for some reason it did go to court I doubt anything would happen to you if you use all this info. I mean..if he files for anything, he's going to have to go to court which means he can get served the summons for back CS. Provided there is a court order. That's about all I know based on the info.
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