i think the only way for you to loose custody..is if you were an unfit parent! meaning! doing drugs...beating your child..neglect..ect...! i dont think money has to do with anything!! even if he has money or not! he will have to pay child support either way! i belive a mother has a more right to that baby if she is fit to be a parent! you carried her for 9 months! he didnt do crap!!When there is a child custody case in progress, will the courts award the child to the parent with more money?
in the courts eyes money doesnt make you a better parent. so unless he can prove ur unfit, you should be fine. however if he goes for joint custody. he will most likely be granted that.
Ok i am a single mother of two and i went through your nightmare. Seriously i did and it sucked but not anymore. The court system bases who gets custody on lost of things. Money is an issue but the bigger issue is who is more stable as a parent. Who can provide the better and most support? There are lots of things to factor in! I am lower income i work my **** off for everything i have! I can still afford my kids and my ex pays child support SO i got full custody. I was a stay at home mom for 3 years. The judge said it made sense. He didnt and wouldnt for no reason offset the balence and stability i had with my kids!
Kell
I know I have some of the same concerns as you, seeing as how I'm looking a divorce in the face, and I don't even have my Gr. 12 diploma yet, haven't worked in years, and am suffering from depression as well. I'm sure that the financial aspect is not the only thing that they look at though. If you have been her only caregiver and are taking good care of her so far, you have a higher chance of more custody rights or (worst case) joint custody. I know they must look at overall well-being, and if it was all about the money, there wouldn't be child and spousal support, instead they would just give the kid to the richest parent. If i were you, I would talk to a lawyer from now, just so you know what to expect and if there's anything you can do now to better protect your rights if he does try for custody in the future.
being a mother is one good advantage of the custody of a child, the question now is will you have the capacity to bring-up your daughter. Its not a question of who does have more money.
Don't be scare of losing your custody of your child. Paint a picture of a stable parent with full responsibilities,like having a job, w/ stable income and staying ahead of everything or at less try to. Money factor in child custody is not the most important one. Who has always been there for the child since the day of conception is. Just don't have him prove that you are a drug user, alcoholic, anything that would show of a unfit parent. And whatever happen don't get lied to by him (the father). For example: Give me custody and I will marry you.. ';don't do it';, b/c if he was going to marry you he would w/o any trending.
He would have to prove you unfit to get full custody of her. Does not matter if he was a millionare.
Not that I know of. In every child custody battle that I know of personally, the mother won out, regardless of income. Now, if he makes good wages, you may get a nice settlement of child support, including back pay to the day your child was born.
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