do I need to worry?

[tylersmom]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? PA
My exhusband has alternate weekend custody of our 5 year old son right now. He never calls to check on him during the week and sometimes doesn't get him on the weekends he supposed to. I am a good mother and my son is in a loving and supportive environment and is very happy. He usually doesn't want to visit his father. I encourage the father-son relationship and will usually let him get our son whenever he wants to. Now my ex wants me to agree to shared custody in which we would alternate weeks. I think this would only confuse our son and isn't necessary. I also feel that if my ex isn't responsible enough to get our son when he's supposed to, how can he keep him for a whole week at a time? Does he have a case? On what grounds?

 

[Chelle0511]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? PA
My exhusband has alternate weekend custody of our 5 year old son right now. He never calls to check on him during the week and sometimes doesn't get him on the weekends he supposed to. I am a good mother and my son is in a loving and supportive environment and is very happy. He usually doesn't want to visit his father. I encourage the father-son relationship and will usually let him get our son whenever he wants to. Now my ex wants me to agree to shared custody in which we would alternate weeks. I think this would only confuse our son and isn't necessary. I also feel that if my ex isn't responsible enough to get our son when he's supposed to, how can he keep him for a whole week at a time? Does he have a case? On what grounds?

~How can we tell you if he has case or on what grounds? We don't know this man from Adam. Usually there has to be a change of circumstance in order for such to be granted, this could be a number of things. From your parenting to denied visitation, etc. So he might, he might not but it sounds as if your are about to find out. Hire the best attorney that your money can buy and go from there. How old is your son and why will this be confusing? He needs his father just as much as he needs you. The fact that he does not exercise his current visitation may help you and I wish you the bext of luck, but please think of your child

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? PA
My exhusband has alternate weekend custody of our 5 year old son right now. He never calls to check on him during the week and sometimes doesn't get him on the weekends he supposed to. I am a good mother and my son is in a loving and supportive environment and is very happy. He usually doesn't want to visit his father. I encourage the father-son relationship and will usually let him get our son whenever he wants to. Now my ex wants me to agree to shared custody in which we would alternate weeks. I think this would only confuse our son and isn't necessary. I also feel that if my ex isn't responsible enough to get our son when he's supposed to, how can he keep him for a whole week at a time? Does he have a case? On what grounds?

Without a signficant change in circumstances there is very little chance that he would prevail on that issue, particularly since he is not currently exercising all of the parenting time he has. Judge's are reluctant to disrupt children's lives without significant reason.

 

[tylersmom]

My son is all I think of

I am not denying him a relationship with his son, in fact I bend over backwards to accomadate him. But he only seems to want our son when it is convenient for him. The last time my son came home from his father's he said that daddy slept the whole time he was there. He's not an unfit parent, he just wants to do what he wants to do and doesn't want to be inconvenienced. He was the same way when we all lived together as a family I think this has more to do with guilt and not wanting to pay as much child support. He gets very angry when I don't give in to his demands and he likes to bully me. I don't think it would be in my son's best interest to spend more time with him, especially since he is in a stable environment now and is very happy.