Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts
My 7 year old lives with his mother and her husband. I have shared custody. My ex and her husbands only interest in my child is the money he generates through child support. The husband came right out and told me that. The husband is a bully, a thief, has tried to extort money from me, has bulled my child. I've had a restraining order against this guy fearing for my own safety. I have been thinking I don't want my child living with this guy, or learning from him to be a thief, a bully, a manipulator, a liar. Do I have the right to legally take this guy out of my child's life?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Your best option is to meet with a divorce attorney who handles custody matters. You can seek physical custody of your son. You can also ask child services to investigate the home environment.
While removing him from the child's home is possible, your best option is to get physical custody of your child.
Good Luck .
If this should be pursued, it would be with a complaint for modification to address the issue, and you would possibly ask either for an order that the other parent not have the child around this individual or you would ask for sole physical custody of the child, thereby decreasing the time he spends with the other parent who is constantly in the presence of the problematic individual.
However, I highly recommend that you do do a consultation because whether you should file and how to approach this depends heavily on the specific facts and history. You need a thorough assessment before you file anything and it's difficult to get that on this forum.
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