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what would the judge decide in this matter? joint custody.

  • 04-01-2012 1:16pm
    #1
    floodamy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    I have a 11 month old baby and my ex boyfriend has joint custody. He begged me to give him joint custody but my parents didn't want me to so he brought me to court while we were still together. I had post natal depression at the time and I would of jumped off a bridge if he asked me to. My mental health nurse said I wasn't in a position to sign papers so court was the only option.

    I want full custody back. His house is filthy and my daughter is crawling and when she does around in his house she becomes covered in dog hairs and brown dirt. His mother lets the dogs all over the baby and I do be sick to my stomach. He doesn't find anything wrong with it. Even one of his Jack Russell's growled at her and all his mam said was 'be nice'. He didn't find anything wrong with that either.

    Also his sisters are allowed hold the baby but every time they do they nearly let her fall. Their 7 8 and 11. I'm sick worried about my child going around there and he wants to have her over for sleepovers without me being there. I can only imagine what would happen.

    He isn't even part of her life much . He lives around the corner and only sees her about 3 times a week for an hour or so. He never asks me how she is. And he only wants her for sleepovers cause his mam does.

    So what my question is do you think I can get full custody back? I'm worried sick about my daughter.


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  • #2
    aujopimur
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    Consult a family law solicitor, if you can't afford one apply for free legal aid at your nearest law centre.


  • #3
    blueythebear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭blueythebear


    aujopimur wrote: »
    Consult a family law solicitor, if you can't afford one apply for free legal aid at your nearest law centre.

    This is sound advice and really the only legal advice that could be given here.

    It appears that the court awarded him joint custody and in my opinion, it would take something quite serious to reverse that but that's just my opinion. Your comments in your post are not something that you can prove and to do so would require Social Workers or other third parties being brought in to play.

    Doing so will ramp up the tension and animosity and things will get extremely messy. Talk to the father, and inform him that you're not happy and ask him to do something about the mess, etc.


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