Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky

My exhusband and I have joint custody.. week on, week off.. I know for a fact that he is currently abusing his current wife while my two children are around. Is there anything I can do about this?


Asked on 4/09/12, 1:15 pm

2 Answer from Attorneys

Andrea Welker Welker Law Office

How exactly do you "know for a fact"? Did you see it happen? Has stepmom gotten a domestic violence order against him? Has he been charged with assaulting her? Are the children very old, or are they very young?

Because here's what's going to happen: you're going to bring a motion before the court to suspend Dad's visitation on the basis that the children are witnessing abuse in the home, and Dad and Stepmom come in and say there's never been any abuse, Mom's lying to get custody, and she's trying to brainwash the kids.

What I'm saying is this: you need to have something admissible to take to court to win on this. "Knowing for a fact" and "able to prove it" are entirely different things. You will need an attorney to make sure your evidence is admissible. Because you do not want it to backfire on you.

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Answered on 4/16/12, 7:43 pm


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