DallasPhoenix
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oklahoma
I am currently going through a nasty divorce in Oklahoma, and my soon to be ex-wife is refusing to allow me to see my daughter unless I meet certain demands from her (such as paying alimony when I have not been court ordered to).
There has been a history of alcoholism in the home on both parts, and I have been clean and sober since I left her back in 2/2009. I also moved in with someone else shortly after leaving her. Since then the "ex" has continued to drink, and in one case she nearly caught her home on fire but my daughter put the fire out herself since her mother was passed out.
A few weeks after she filed for divorce I agreed to an uncontested divorce, and I signed an agreement to giving her all property, taking on all debts, child support, alimony and having visitation rights.
All was going fine for about a month until she started to go against the agreement. She started to make threats about visitation and in one case denied me access to my daughter just out of spite. At that time I hired a lawyer and I decided to contest the divorce and ask for joint custody so that I had a right to see my daughter, even when my ex-wife was angry with me.
I have medical records that shows she has a problem with alcoholism, notorized letters about her behavior, and criminal records that shows she was charged with terroristic threat 10 years ago when she came after me with a knife. She also recently allowed someone to move in with them that is a known prostitute. The only things she has against me is a DUI charge and the fact that I am living with my girlfriend who has no criminal history and has high morals. My attorney has scheduled a custody hearing next week, but charges me to ask questions, so I have turned to this forum for advice. Do I have any chance of getting at least joint or full custody of my daughter?
I am currently going through a nasty divorce in Oklahoma, and my soon to be ex-wife is refusing to allow me to see my daughter unless I meet certain demands from her (such as paying alimony when I have not been court ordered to).
There has been a history of alcoholism in the home on both parts, and I have been clean and sober since I left her back in 2/2009. I also moved in with someone else shortly after leaving her. Since then the "ex" has continued to drink, and in one case she nearly caught her home on fire but my daughter put the fire out herself since her mother was passed out.
A few weeks after she filed for divorce I agreed to an uncontested divorce, and I signed an agreement to giving her all property, taking on all debts, child support, alimony and having visitation rights.
All was going fine for about a month until she started to go against the agreement. She started to make threats about visitation and in one case denied me access to my daughter just out of spite. At that time I hired a lawyer and I decided to contest the divorce and ask for joint custody so that I had a right to see my daughter, even when my ex-wife was angry with me.
I have medical records that shows she has a problem with alcoholism, notorized letters about her behavior, and criminal records that shows she was charged with terroristic threat 10 years ago when she came after me with a knife. She also recently allowed someone to move in with them that is a known prostitute. The only things she has against me is a DUI charge and the fact that I am living with my girlfriend who has no criminal history and has high morals. My attorney has scheduled a custody hearing next week, but charges me to ask questions, so I have turned to this forum for advice. Do I have any chance of getting at least joint or full custody of my daughter?
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