Q: I have joint custody here in Texas 2 hours every Thursday, then every 1st,3rd, 5th weekend. Can Request more time?
It's been 5/6 years since we got the court order, but I don't get to see my son enough, I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of his life, and it doesn't help that his mother doesn't inform me on anything going on at his school, I always have to be finding out by calling the schools, she tries to exclude me from his life as much as she cans which is unfair because I pay half of his expenses through child support, we have joint custody meaning I have equal rights to him, and on top of that he's 6 years old, old enough to understand everything, he already tells me that he can't wait to get older to come live with me cause he feels excluded when he's with his mom since she has a new family with two more kids. I just honestly care about my son and his well being, he comes first before anything and anyone and I wish she thought the same way instead of being very spiteful, CPS has been involved 3 times cause I've picked him up from his mom in pretty bad conditions in the past.
A: You can always go back and modify the original court order and ask to be primary conservator and your son live with you. Whenever there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and you think the conditions at his Mom's house are detrimentally affecting him seek primary custody.
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