bestdad2008
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I will make this short....
I am a father of a teenage son (14). I may be entering a custody battle with his mother soon. We have joint custody but his mother does not bother to exercise her right to have our son live with her. I may ask for child support but that will bring on a war. Once I ask, she will seek custody in order to get out of having to pay child support. I need the money to help support my son but we can live without if need be. We have been for several years now anyways. I just thought it would be nice to have a little help.
I have a record. I was charged with domestic assault a few years ago, it was a pretrial diversion. I did my probation, paid all my fines, completed the necessary classes. I've also gotten arrested for domestics twice in the past besides the pretrial. The alleged victim never showed up to court. The case was dismissed. I did a search on my public record, filed out the necessary paper work to have everything expunged. Now, when there is a search, nothing shows up. I do realize that the courts can see my record.
My question is...Can my sons mother used my expunged record against me?
I can understand that she may try to used the pretrial against me, but is the other dropped cases due to the alleged victim not showing up submittable in court? Wouldn't that be considered insufficient evidence? Wouldn't the judge have to dismiss those charges due to the cases being dropped?
His mother knows where we live, has our phone number. She has gone months without calling or seeing her son. Someone told me that if one parent goes 4 consecutive months without calling, seeing, or mailing their child, it is considered contempt, neglect, and abandonment. Is this true?
I am a father of a teenage son (14). I may be entering a custody battle with his mother soon. We have joint custody but his mother does not bother to exercise her right to have our son live with her. I may ask for child support but that will bring on a war. Once I ask, she will seek custody in order to get out of having to pay child support. I need the money to help support my son but we can live without if need be. We have been for several years now anyways. I just thought it would be nice to have a little help.
I have a record. I was charged with domestic assault a few years ago, it was a pretrial diversion. I did my probation, paid all my fines, completed the necessary classes. I've also gotten arrested for domestics twice in the past besides the pretrial. The alleged victim never showed up to court. The case was dismissed. I did a search on my public record, filed out the necessary paper work to have everything expunged. Now, when there is a search, nothing shows up. I do realize that the courts can see my record.
My question is...Can my sons mother used my expunged record against me?
I can understand that she may try to used the pretrial against me, but is the other dropped cases due to the alleged victim not showing up submittable in court? Wouldn't that be considered insufficient evidence? Wouldn't the judge have to dismiss those charges due to the cases being dropped?
His mother knows where we live, has our phone number. She has gone months without calling or seeing her son. Someone told me that if one parent goes 4 consecutive months without calling, seeing, or mailing their child, it is considered contempt, neglect, and abandonment. Is this true?
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