i have a 7 yr old daughter and am conimplating the idea of sole legal custody.
her father is a casual father which means he is to take her every other weekend which use to mean fri-sunday but now down to saturday whenever he calls for her tosunday til 5 but changes if he has plans. which as it happens if he has something to do ..i.e. drink party or the bar or just doesnt feel like it. he will not see her at all and tell her he is sick.. he drinks while she his there bcause in his words he cant "handle it". he will go weeks months without seeing or so much as to give her a call to say hi. as of right now he is working on 2 months without seeing her...he pays child support. .
i would like to have sole custody so that i can make the major desicions in her life without him jumping in and pretending to be a father..just to spite me. if i choose to move i dnt want to have to ask permission from someone who only cares when he feels like it....idealy i would like to have my husband adopt her but her father willl not give up his rights.(he is in the process of trying to do so with our son).
my question is what are my chances of achiving sole custody? ...
oh one quick question. Do i have to have my ex's permission in anyway to change my daughters last name? ..her last name is my maiden name but i would like to change it to my married name..can i do that without having my husband adopt her?
her father is a casual father which means he is to take her every other weekend which use to mean fri-sunday but now down to saturday whenever he calls for her tosunday til 5 but changes if he has plans. which as it happens if he has something to do ..i.e. drink party or the bar or just doesnt feel like it. he will not see her at all and tell her he is sick.. he drinks while she his there bcause in his words he cant "handle it". he will go weeks months without seeing or so much as to give her a call to say hi. as of right now he is working on 2 months without seeing her...he pays child support. .
i would like to have sole custody so that i can make the major desicions in her life without him jumping in and pretending to be a father..just to spite me. if i choose to move i dnt want to have to ask permission from someone who only cares when he feels like it....idealy i would like to have my husband adopt her but her father willl not give up his rights.(he is in the process of trying to do so with our son).
my question is what are my chances of achiving sole custody? ...
oh one quick question. Do i have to have my ex's permission in anyway to change my daughters last name? ..her last name is my maiden name but i would like to change it to my married name..can i do that without having my husband adopt her?