What to do if my ex-boyfriend is trying to get custody of our 8 year old twin girls with me only having visitation every other weekend?
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What to do if my ex-boyfriend is trying to get custody of our 8 year old twin girls with me only having visitation every other weekend?
He is basing this on the living situation of the girls not being suitable. I want to know if he will have any grounds in court based on their current living situation with me which is as follows. We live in a house that has a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom up stairs and 2 bedrooms downstairs in a half finished basement. The 2 bedrooms downstairs are finished but the walkway to the bedrooms is not finished. However, they do not sleep downstairs because they say it scares them. They sleep in my and my husband’s bedroom and my husband and I and our 4 year old son sleep on the huge
Asked on November 1, 2012 under Family Law, Tennessee
Answers:
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Your ex-husband can file a motion and a judge may order you to rearrange the rooms so that the children have their own room to sleep in. The thought process of many judges is that children, especially growing girls, do need some privacy space. Judges really do not like all of the kids crammed in one bedroom with the parents. It seems like you have the space to accomplish this. Unless there is some harm or potential harm to the kids, then the worst that will probably happen is the judge will order you to make sure that the kids have their own space and use it.
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