Q: If a mother and father have joint custody and are not married but the mother is getting married
Fiancé and I are planning on getting married. She is a mother of two, first child the father signed up all rights but the second child she is going through court for full custody and the father wants joint custody but has not been there to support the child who is now 4 months old. If they award joint custody and we get married after that hearing, will the state of Maryland allow that child to move with us to live together since I am in the military currently living in New York and move wherever te army tells me to move or will she have to remain home the entire marriage?
A: Depending on the order (or agreement) reached by your fiance and the father of the child, will determine what effect where you and your finance live (or may live) on any future modifications that may be filed due to a move. The fact that you are getting married, in and of itself, should not effect your finance's case (unless there is proof that you are harmful to her child), it is the move that can cause a change in custody down the road.
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