What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TX
How does one go about establishing a relationship with a 15 yr old? Some things have come into focus with my case and tho I have not met her yet I feel my daughter is going down a path that I cannot condone. Her mother allows her to do EVERYTHING with no boundaries. She is drinking with her in dive bars...knows that she is smoking weed and doing nothing about it...and allowing her to dress very provocatively. I am currently a step father to two boys and my fiancé and I are pretty strict parents. I am being brought up to the child support board for failing to provide for the past 15 years...mind you I had no idea that she was alive...no clue that she was born..until July of this year. I even looked at the birth certificate....I am not even listed on the Birth Certificate!!!! I love children and would've wanted to be in her life from the beginning and I want to be in her life now if she will allow that. The only constant is a mother who seems to want to be her friend instead of a mother...I understand that in her mind she is doing whats best for her/my daughter but what happens when its too late to help her? what happens if its too late to already? I know as a teenager she has a voice in where and who she wants to be with....can a judge override her request and force her to live with someone else? How do we go about establishing a parent child connection? How do I help her get over her anger towards the situation? I feel as if I am setting myself up here......
How does one go about establishing a relationship with a 15 yr old? Some things have come into focus with my case and tho I have not met her yet I feel my daughter is going down a path that I cannot condone. Her mother allows her to do EVERYTHING with no boundaries. She is drinking with her in dive bars...knows that she is smoking weed and doing nothing about it...and allowing her to dress very provocatively. I am currently a step father to two boys and my fiancé and I are pretty strict parents. I am being brought up to the child support board for failing to provide for the past 15 years...mind you I had no idea that she was alive...no clue that she was born..until July of this year. I even looked at the birth certificate....I am not even listed on the Birth Certificate!!!! I love children and would've wanted to be in her life from the beginning and I want to be in her life now if she will allow that. The only constant is a mother who seems to want to be her friend instead of a mother...I understand that in her mind she is doing whats best for her/my daughter but what happens when its too late to help her? what happens if its too late to already? I know as a teenager she has a voice in where and who she wants to be with....can a judge override her request and force her to live with someone else? How do we go about establishing a parent child connection? How do I help her get over her anger towards the situation? I feel as if I am setting myself up here......