- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
Good morning! We live in Arizona and have been trying to change our family court decree. Right now the decree is 50/50 joint custody with a week on, week off schedule. The other party has been neglecting the children and putting her needs above theirs. Constantly partying, going out, leaving the children unattended or with a friend. She recently informed us she has no one to watch the children or take them to school on her weeks. She requested a schedule change and wants us to have the kids on her weeks during the school days. She wants us to take them to school, pick them up, and care for them till she's off of work between 6-7:30pm Monday through Friday. We pay her a hefty amount of child support, well over the calculator each month, and she states she can't afford to pay a sitter and refuses to agree to mediation to lower the child support amount. She has jumped around to 4 different houses in the past year, all which we're either boyfriends houses or friends. She currently crashes on a friends couch and likely has to find another place soon. We want to put a temporary order in stating she has no adequate child care or living conditions and for us to have the children during the school week till she figures it out. Every place I check it states if the children are not being abused we can't get a temporary order. We are in desperate need for help and don't know what to do at this point.