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AUTHOR: KidNeedsHELPDATE: 04/10/02 10:32am
SUBJECT: I am 16 years old and I need help understanding how the court can chnage custody from dad to mom....
I am trying to post this as many places as possible because I really need an answer and this place seemed busy.. here it goes..
I have just turned 16 years old, I am one of two sons, brother is in graduating year of college. My parents have been divorced since I was 2 years old. My brother and I were in custody of my father, Ron, since the divorce was final. The reason for that was because my mother, Joyce, was a drunk. She could only get custody of us if she became sober. Well, after 14 years she did. A little while ago she gained custody of me, my brother is in college so he's not involved, and she is now drinking heavily everyday. She has a new boyfriend every WEEK and she never brings any of them home for me to meet, not that I would want to meet them... she recently moved me from L.A. to San Francisco. I left everything I knew and loved, and my dad ONLY gets a week during Christmas to have custody of me. I hate my mother and she doesn't like me all that much and I hadn't spoken to her for a few years before she recently dragged my dad to court again to gain custody. How do I change it? I do not want to be in custody of my mother and I am willing to do anything to change it but I don't know how to go about doing it. Is there anything that I can actually do, or am I stuck in this situation?
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I am 16 years old and I need help understanding how the court can chnage custody from dad to mom....
KidNeedsHELP04/10/02 10:32am
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