Q: If I can spend more time with my child during the school week and her father relies on others could I get custody?
My daughters father has primary physical. However he works 6 am-4:30 pm she is in school 8 am til 12:30 pm. So he can neither get her to school and is not the one who takes care of her until about 5 pm. Our current schedule is me and my husband have her weekends alternating from short to long weekends. Recently her father has started complaining about not getting enough quality time with her. His family helps him with pick up and drop offs during the week and child care until him or his girlfriend can pick her up. While this is nice of his family, they have to adjust their work schedules around it and I don't think she should be shuffled place to place every day. I do not work, I could pick her up and drop her off at school, and would be able to have more quality time with her.
A: If the child is doing well under t he current arrangement, the Court is not likely going to grant a custody Modification. However, there could be a modification of visitation so that you are more involved with taking the child to school or picking the child up from school if you are able to do so.
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