Q: Can i win custody over my 5/9yr old kids from my ex .we werent married but i agree to all her terms and she broke it
We had an agreemente..verbal only trusting her..we are not married so I let her stay in house w/kids 5yr/9yrs old,pay her rent half of car her insurance payment.help with buying kids stuff they needed and not introduce or have our kids around my new gf and baby i just had. Very hard to do but i have kepy my word. But turns out my 9yr old called me@2am saying mommy wasnt home they were alone. I live 20min away i wnt over asap.grabs my cell and recorded my kids and asked where mom was n she said she didnt no. I have a video they were lelf alone, so Locked the locked n an hr later she gets drop off n i wouldnt let her in so she called the police on me no charges were made but now i want her out of my house and i want custody is there any chance she could win case? I want to have my kids we. But ex doesnt want me to have them bc she doesnt want another women taking care of them since my gf and i want them with us.
A: No one here on the internet can tell you what your chances of getting custody are based on your short paragraph describing the situation above. It the matter has never gone to court before then there will be a hearing and a judge will decide what is in the best interest of the children. Probably being left home unattended is not in their best interest but we don't know what the other side of the story is. The fact that you have a girlfriend and a new child will not deter the court from giving you custody if that is in the best interests of the children. Get a lawyer and figure this out.
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