anaerosmithchic
New Member
its in pinellas county. My boyfriends ex wife basically turned over custody in June of 2009 to my boyfriend, she was allegadly moving to another state and wanted their kid to stay with them while she gets settled up there, which never happened. He went to court to stop child support payments while the kid was living with him, it was granted, and he has paper saying the kid is now under his custody. Well this past June the mother, who was not prepared to take their kid back, demanded the child back. My boyfriend asked his kid, who is 11, who they wanted to live with as he felt that the child should choose at that age, etc. The kid went back but was with us for a while and now back with mom. the enviroment is not stable, she is using the kid for money (welfare basically and was in trouble last year claiming their kid for food stamps, etc when the kid was with us). Well this past week my boyfriend finally filed for permanant custody.
My question is because the ex wife never got that last ruling reversed (when my boyfriend got child support stopped and stated that the child was under his care) does my boyfriend still have legal custody of their kid or is that tricky because he did let the kid go back with their mom? He wanted to find out because if he still has custody then he may and go and take his kid right now until this is all heard in court and there is an offical ruling.
My question is because the ex wife never got that last ruling reversed (when my boyfriend got child support stopped and stated that the child was under his care) does my boyfriend still have legal custody of their kid or is that tricky because he did let the kid go back with their mom? He wanted to find out because if he still has custody then he may and go and take his kid right now until this is all heard in court and there is an offical ruling.