What is the name of your state? Michigan
Court order states that my husband has joint physical, joint legal custody of his son. The order states that during the school year he has him Thursday 6pm - Sunday 6pm every week. Holidays are split. Vacations are split. My husband was still paying child support of $25 a week and 66% of noncovered medical expenses from the insurance he provides.
Just before this school year started, the biological mom told my husband that she was moving out of the school district. (we do not live in his school district but we transported him there anyway... it's not far). She apparently hasn't been paying on her house once she realized her boyfriend was building a huge expensive house. She told my husband that she had to be out of her current house by November and she didn't have the time to get their son to school and back or to even help him with homework. She and my husband signed an agreement that he would have visitation every week from Sunday 6pm - Friday 6pm. Vacations would still be split and so would holidays. Also, child support would be suspended.
My husband contacted Friend of the Court with this document. They told him that he can't do it. He would have to take the whole thing to court which will cost money. My husband and his ex both find it ridiculous that they have to pay money to take it to court when they are both in agreement. At this time, biomom is giving my husband a check every week for the $25 that she is receiving.
She moved out of the school district last week and my husband was granted permission through the school district to keep him in. So all of the records have been changed to my husbands name.
What should my husband do in this situation? He has contacted FOC several times since August and they just give him the run around. They never even sent him the papers that he would need to file.... (which I think would cost $180 to do). They just told him that he can't do it. Then they told him that they are re-categorizing all the files and assigning new caseworkers so that everything is on hold.
Do you have any suggestions of further action? My husband is afraid that he is doing something wrong with the court system, but on the other hand she just handed custody over to him so he felt he had no other choice.
Court order states that my husband has joint physical, joint legal custody of his son. The order states that during the school year he has him Thursday 6pm - Sunday 6pm every week. Holidays are split. Vacations are split. My husband was still paying child support of $25 a week and 66% of noncovered medical expenses from the insurance he provides.
Just before this school year started, the biological mom told my husband that she was moving out of the school district. (we do not live in his school district but we transported him there anyway... it's not far). She apparently hasn't been paying on her house once she realized her boyfriend was building a huge expensive house. She told my husband that she had to be out of her current house by November and she didn't have the time to get their son to school and back or to even help him with homework. She and my husband signed an agreement that he would have visitation every week from Sunday 6pm - Friday 6pm. Vacations would still be split and so would holidays. Also, child support would be suspended.
My husband contacted Friend of the Court with this document. They told him that he can't do it. He would have to take the whole thing to court which will cost money. My husband and his ex both find it ridiculous that they have to pay money to take it to court when they are both in agreement. At this time, biomom is giving my husband a check every week for the $25 that she is receiving.
She moved out of the school district last week and my husband was granted permission through the school district to keep him in. So all of the records have been changed to my husbands name.
What should my husband do in this situation? He has contacted FOC several times since August and they just give him the run around. They never even sent him the papers that he would need to file.... (which I think would cost $180 to do). They just told him that he can't do it. Then they told him that they are re-categorizing all the files and assigning new caseworkers so that everything is on hold.
Do you have any suggestions of further action? My husband is afraid that he is doing something wrong with the court system, but on the other hand she just handed custody over to him so he felt he had no other choice.