Can my 13 year old daughter legally choose which parent to live with?

legally no she cant you have to follow the custody agreement the judge made whether she likes or not, until she is fourteenCan my 13 year old daughter legally choose which parent to live with?
Yes, unless the court find One the parents arent stable she can choose who to live with. Don't stress's the kid out though.Can my 13 year old daughter legally choose which parent to live with?
HA nope she cannot. mom overules everything unless u are proven a bad parent or they are proven fit to have joint custody. by u asking this question one would assume that u are having problems. i hope u can convince youself and her whats best for her and both of u can live with it. good luck mine is only 15 months. but i do recall that i wanted to live with my dad cuz my mom was more strict than him and i knew i would have more freedom over there. maybe she is rebelling and needs space. not saying that the ';space'; she needs is appropriate. i know i battled with my mom about this many a time but i also know that she would fight to the death to have custody of me.
legally or not, please don't tortutre your poor daughter, it's enough that you're getting divorced, let her at least decide where she wants to live!
Once a child reaches 13, legally, she can choose.
Legally, no. Ultimately a judge may listen to how she feels but the judge is the final say in what happens.





Though if she wants to live with the other parent it's in your best interest to at least let her try it out. No need to fight her on it... because if you go against her in this then that is what you are doing, fighting your daughter, not the other parent.
It really depends. If the judge can't find reasons that it would be better she stays with you or the other parent than she will either be with you both equal amounts and I think sometimes IF SHE REQUESTED TO LIVE WITH THE OTHER PARENT FIRST it can be brought up...
she can have a say but its really up to the courts
I believe that she can. My cousin's daughter got to choose when she was thirteen. The only stipulations are that it has to be a a legal parent- can't be an ex-stepparent, etc.- and the other parent has to be willing to allow her to live there.
Sometimes an attorney can request that the child speak with the judge, in chambers, to express her wishes about which parent she'd like to live with.





I think that a child should be given an option. After all, she didn't cause or ask for the divorce, her parents did. Whatever makes it easier on the child would be fair and equitable.
Christ. Being a DC kid is tough. Don't make her choose, please don't. It can ruin relationships between the child and both parents, and stress her out badly. It's bad enough to have to have 2 houses, 2 sets of rules, 2 of everything. It's the worst during adolescence. Please let the courts decide, not her.
It may depend on the state you are in, my lawyer told me (in Texas) that it is the kid's choice when they are 12. My daughter was 11, and my lawyer advised me to let her decide anyway, or it would be likely she would run away from home if she was forced to go where she didn't want to go.
I don't think she can legally but definately give her the choice.