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My ex wife and I divorced a year ago, and the agreement was that she would have custody of our 2 children (now 6 and 7), and they would stay with me at weekends.
She still lives in the same 2 bed bungalow in a remote village with her boyfriend. She cannot drive and if there is a meeting at the school, a problem or an emergency, she has no way of getting anywhere without my help (boyfriend works away).
I have since remarried, and will shortly be moving into a 3 bedroom house where we will have enough room for them to have their own room, which I think is important at their age.
Also, she is on benefits (even though boyfriend lives with her illegally). One of the children is apparently an ADHD sufferer, but he behaves perfectly ok with us, so we think there is a discipline problem at her house. The children have both told us that they would like to stay with us, and I firmly believe that selfish reasons aside, they would be much better off staying with us and visiting their Mum at weekends. We both work, and there are excellent schools near us, with very good after school clubs/child minding nurseries nearby. Between us, we earn around �40k per year and we believe that we can offer the children more of a chance at life, given that we live in town and both drive too.
I did hear that at age 7, the children can decide who they want to stay with but how whether that is true or not I don't know. Also, how much weight that carries with the courts is something I am not sure of.
Do I have a case? What would be our first step? I shouldn't imagine my ex wife giving in without a fight...
Any suggestions would be very welcome!
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