Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois
child custody
My boyfriend has divorced his ex-wife because she hid everything from him financially, was writing bad checks between her and her moth, and even almost lost the house they had over their son's head. She opened credit cards in his name without him knowing with her and her mother's name on them (her mother's a convicted felon for check kiding, like mother, like daughter)
The divorce was finalized in July (the 2nd time) after it was contested in 2006. The first time, my boyfriend got everything from the divorce, even custody of their 4 year old. She still lives in the home with her mother and the 4 year old boy sleeps in the bed with his mother because she doesn't even have a bed for him to sleep in.
My boyfriend does currently live with his parents, but does put his son in daycare on the weeks we have him (it's alternating weeks) and has troubles keeping his ABCs memorized because he's only there every other week. We're looking into getting a place together since we have been together for quite some time. They are both in IL, but she's 3 hours from him. Is there anything we can do to help get custody?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: child custody
First, I recommend living in a place without his parents, especially since he wants to seem responsible enough to be a parent himself. Then you have to establish that the child's environment is such that the court should change custody; this is not an easy task.
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