Legal Question in Family Law in Alabama

my step children are not dealing with there daddy getting remarried.there mom died and he was seperated from her for 4 years before she died. they are wanting to live with there other grandparents cause im in the house. at what age can they decide they want to leave home?


Asked on 9/17/10, 4:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
James Coleman Murchison & Howard, LLC

Children cannot decide they want to leave home until they are 19 years old or otherwise emancipated. Their father is the person who has custody of them (I understand mother is dead). Absent an accusation of abuse or neglect the state will not get into this. The father and grandparents could jointly petition the court to award custody to the grandparents. Father is going to have to then pay child support. Good luck

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Answered on 9/23/10, 6:33 am


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