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Looking for a Marine Lawyer in SC

Virginia - posted on 11/02/2009 ( 1 mom has responded )

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I got married to my husband in January and with him came this wonderful little girl, Kelsy. My step daughter is so well behaved and polite. My husband is a police officer and was never married to Kelsy's mom. Every time we have custody of Kelsy, her mom calls everyday, is this normal? Now Kelsy is asking to come live with us and I do not know what to do. My husband is no longer in the Marines, and I was in the Army. The original custody agreement was made with vistation for my husband because he was in and out of the country. Now he is done with the Marines and we are considering taking biological mom back to court. I would like to find a Marine Lawyer so they can relate to the situation. Any advice?

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Tah - posted on 12/08/2009

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I am not sure what the grounds would be for her to leave her mother and come and live with you two?...Is she neglectful or abusive? When i took my son's father for custody there was a actual reason, but the judge(we are in VA) said in order to give take custody from a mother there would have to be a great reason, drugs, neglect, etc. I don't know if you have children of your own with your husband, but they tend to play both sides against the middle. If mom has rules, like you need be in bed, no cake before dinner, you know mom things and then she visits dad and stepmom and it more laid back, she may be under the impression that it will be like that all the time, on school nights etc. Trust me my 12 year old flip flops wanting to live in philly with dad when i make him do chores and wanting to live with us when his dad dissapoints..you said she is well behaved and polite so you may just want to petition the court for a change in custody. maybe joint physical...now look them up because there are different custody arrangments..Wilt my son we have shared but i have physical and he has visition, x-mas, spring break, and the summer vacation, he still pays child support though, well should anyway....about her calling everyday, that depends, if she is harrassing you than not normal, but some moms are just really attached and want to know that the child is okay, is she is with her most of the time she may just miss her...but that's up to your husband to say, in a nice manner..hey, you when she's here she's fine, if you wanna just relax and take advantage of your me time, that would be a great break for you and if you want her to call or text you before bed we can def do that...she may take a hint, but you can't really tell a mom who is just checking on her daughter or missing her to stop calling without causing some anmosity and that leads to headaches...now if she is calling every 10 minutes then that's a horse of a different color...good luck

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