What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?CA. I have 2 girls,7 and 8 1/2. I would like to know if I could get the custody of them since their father has never sent them any child support for them in 4 years. I am married and my husband is the one that takes care of them .my 7 years old girl is autistic and she requires alot of help,help he ahs never offered. last October (2004) my ex said he was close by and wanted to see them. I told him I thought it was better for him to build a relationship with phone calls, cards, emails and of course money from his part to see them. I said to him "show them that you care for them before you just present yourself saying"Hi ,I'm daddy". I even said they had a break from therapy and school in March and after at least 5 months of showing his care he could come no problem and show them his new family if he wanted too( he has remarried too and has too kids,one of them is not even his, but his wife's from a previous relationship).Of course he didn't do anything. All he wanted to do was see them without any kind of responsability. I called him today to ask him for the sole custody of the girls and he refuses. He says is not the right thing for him to do.I don't understand how can he say that since he just told me today that his 2 yeaar old daughter had an accident and because he doesn't have medical insurance he had to pay 1200 dollar in the hospital. My autistic kid requires a lot of medicines, doctor visits and therapies. The thought of them(my girls )going to live with him in case something happens to me scares me. Is there a chance that I can get the girls custody and my husband adopt them? and if asking for child support, would my husband's income be involved since I don't work? I can't work because I have to take care 24/7 of my kid. My ex lives in Texas.