100% custody is going to be a problem regardless of income. YOU chose the illegal as the perfect parent so you are stuck with the illegal as the perfect parent until you die, spouse dies or the child dies. You dont' get to decide illegal is no longer worth being a parent though illegal apparently did a damn good job supporting you and the babe until you changed your mind.Citizen spouse is a homemaker, illegal alien spouse is employed (illegally).
Since (homemaker) citizen spouse has no income, is 100% custody of a child in a divorce going to be a problem for the citizen since all income in marriage came from the illegal alien spouse?
Depending on the state, illegal Alien may not be working for long. He could find himself deported very soon.I find it interesting that the the US citizen - who could work LEGALLY - sits at home while the illegal alien spouse could apparently earn enough (working illegally) to support the US citizen.
You are assuming that the illegal alien is a male. Don't do that.Depending on the state, illegal Alien may not be working for long. He could find himself deported very soon.
Oh and if illegal is deported, illegal will still qualify for visitation with said child -- maybe even in the home country if said country is a signatory of the Hague convention.Depending on the state, illegal Alien may not be working for long. He could find himself deported very soon.
If they did that, what would the citizen spouse have to hold over the illegal spouse's head? This way the citizen spouse can use the illegal situation as leverage. Which says more about the citizen spouse than about the illegal -- especially considering in this situation the illegal was working and supporting everyone and at least hard working.I will never understand why a citizen spouse, particularly when children are involved, does not take the necessary steps to legalize the status of their non-citizen spouse. It eliminates so many problems and is in the best interest of everyone involved, particularly the children.
Seconded.If they did that, what would the citizen spouse have to hold over the illegal spouse's head? This way the citizen spouse can use the illegal situation as leverage. Which says more about the citizen spouse than about the illegal -- especially considering in this situation the illegal was working and supporting everyone and at least hard working.
"Citizen" can't.Interesting example because it is easy to make somewhat offtopic assumptions that are incorrect but if you feel they are relevant:
• Gender assumptions are incorrect.
• Assumption that citizen is looking for divorce is incorrect.
• Regarding assumption that any income earned by illegal was used for much more than than to run a huge credit card debt, it wasn't.
• Citizen spouse took all steps necessary to legalize the status but failed due to illegal's specific case of needing to return to home country before reapplying for re-entry which illegal never did.
• Though there were no W2s for the citizen, the citizen spouse contributed monetarily, endured abuse to save the marriage and still to this day does not wish to end the marriage, let alone hold anything over the illegal spouse's head.
• It is the illegal that holds things over the citizen's head.
Things are not always as they appear to be.
How can the citizen get 100% custody of a female child to prevent her ending up being subject to one the more oppressive regimes in the world?
Again there, it's easy to assume citizen wishes to limit non-citizen visitation rights by claiming 100% custody but no, it's just to ensure the child is not taken away to a terrible place, for good.
Dead.Hm. Maybe you can site what the threshold for 100% custody is.
You haven't done any research for yourself? This board is FULL of threads on custody. Do some reading -- those are incredibly basic questions, and we shouldn't have to redefine basic terms every time some new poster comes online.All right. Short of 100% custody, does the child's end up with a permanent address with one parent and then the other is granted visitation rights.
What are legal terms for that, and what is the legal threshold for that?