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AnonymousH
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- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
My story is a complex one. Married for 8, Divorced for 7 years (mother of 12 and 9 yr old girls) but ex was always in and out of our lives. He is an alcoholic and from what his family and I have experienced, a pathological liar. He also has a younger child from another woman, she's 5 yrs old and he gave up his rights to her voluntarily in 2012. I just found this out when all of his lies unraveled. His most recent ex girlfriend, his parents, and I all have PPO's against him and his parenting time has been suspended. He has been violent, stalks me, broken my property and his ex girlfriends, he has been in and out of rehab and jail. He has left nothing but a path of destruction on anyone who has cared for or tried to help him. I have supported and cared for my girls all of these years, by myself. I own a home, I get no child support except the occasional $50 when the court brings him in for a hearing. He won't keep a job and has never had his own place. If he wanted to see his children, I would think he would have gotten his life together by now.
I want to get away. I need to get out of MI. I want warmer temperatures and a bigger city where my kids will have better opportunities. We are unhappy here. We need peace in our lives and having him in and out of it has just wrecked my nerves. My girls aren't interested in seeing him and they don't seem to mind. I want to get sole legal custody and move out of state, however I am afraid the courts will prefer to keep a father in the children's lives, no matter how detrimental it may be. Does his voluntarily giving up rights to his youngest daughter have any bearing on custody of my daughters? I don't understand why he would give that one up but continue to harass me and cause us hell whenever it is convenient for him to do so. Please help. I don't know how much more I can handle.
I want to get away. I need to get out of MI. I want warmer temperatures and a bigger city where my kids will have better opportunities. We are unhappy here. We need peace in our lives and having him in and out of it has just wrecked my nerves. My girls aren't interested in seeing him and they don't seem to mind. I want to get sole legal custody and move out of state, however I am afraid the courts will prefer to keep a father in the children's lives, no matter how detrimental it may be. Does his voluntarily giving up rights to his youngest daughter have any bearing on custody of my daughters? I don't understand why he would give that one up but continue to harass me and cause us hell whenever it is convenient for him to do so. Please help. I don't know how much more I can handle.