She won't give up without a long, dirty court battle, my boyfriend knows it, I know it and I see what you are saying, Ohiogal. As much as it sucks and as much as I care, maybe my boyfriend doesn't have enough to change custody, at least not yet and now. It really really sucks
Plus, my boyfriend and I really don't want to put his son through a stressful and long court battle. My boyfriend was hoping that he could talk some sense into his son's Mom but that didn't go anywhere.
My boyfriend just called, he talked to the family lawyer in Ohio for about an hour about the situation. Up to 4 years ago a child at the age of 13 actually could choose where he or she wanted to live and it was automatically granted. Nowadays, their wishes are just being put into consideration by the court but it's not automatic anymore - like it was before. The lawyer needs a retainer of $5,000 upfront which is a huge amount of money, he said it could very well add up to $10,000 for the whole thing. He said that we *could* keep my boyfriend's son here without kidnapping him - but the right thing to do is to send him home tomorrow as planned so it won't look bad on us when it comes to the court hearings. So he is going to fly home tomorrow evening as planned. My boyfriend's parents have put away a "fund" a long time ago for custody things such as this one and we'll have to talk to them about what the lawyer said.
