Q: My son is 3 years old. I left his father because of domestic violence and he keeps saying he's going to take my son away
We only lived 8 months with him. I have a finance now and he's great with my son he helps and financial supports my son. His biological father doesn't help me at all. He has a bad record I have domestic violence with him and he drinks and smokes. I use to let him take our son but his mother told me that he never paid attention to our son and that he would let him cry and he would just play video games. & now after 8 months he keeps telling me he's going to take my son away and he wants him to live with him! He still lives with his mother and his name is on the birth certificate. Me and my finance plan to get marry and he wants to adopt my son and give him his last name.
A:
File a petition for full custody first, the step-parent adoption later.
Use of a lawyer is recommended.
John A. Smitten, Esquire
Carey Leisure and Neal
622 Bypass Drive, Suite 100
Clearwater, FL 33764
Phone: 727-799-3900/Fax: 727-490-4944
jsmitten@careyandleisure.com
www.careyandleisure.com
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