Q: I live in Florida. How hard will it be to change our custody arrangements to have primary custody?
My exwife has primary custody but in the past year I have had my children all but two months and I am still paying child support. She hasn't had a job more then 2 weeks at a time in the past 6 years, she always has an issue "come up" when its time to take the kids back, and she left them here for 5 months one time and never came to see them. Some one called child services on her recently and the case worker came to my house to speak to my children. He told me he was a little disturbed by what my daughter has told him. I just think its in the best interest of my children to have them with me in a stable environment full time. And it worries me that child services was concerned about the child going back to there mothers home.
A: The best thing to do appears to be to file a petition for modification. This can be done when you allege that there has been a substantial change in circumstances, and it appears to me that there is here. Get to a family attorney in your area.
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