Q: me me and my husband are seperated. he is living with another woman that is still married. We have 3 kids if they are
of age one is 20, 16 and 14 and they dont want anything to do with her.Can they say if they dont want to go over to their dads house. if they are of age or what is the age?
A: Your 20 year old is an adult and can do whatever he or she wants to do. The 16 and 14 year olds THINK they are adults and will be difficult to handle. The thing that you need to remember is that the courts expect you, as the custodial parent, to encourage the relationship between the kids and their dad. Even if dad is a jerk, as this one apparently is, he is their dad, and they will need to get along with him on some level. You should do what you can to encourage the kids to see their dad and to get along with him. This doesn't mean that you have to let them spend the night at dad's house when he's shacked up with this other woman. Alabama courts, at least the ones in my county, frown on this arrangement. But you should probably encourage daytime visits of some kind.
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