I have a pretty good idea of the rights involved in my situation but I thought I'd ask just in case.
I've been CL for 14 months with a man who came with 2 kids - one bio and one not.
His ex has been out of the picture as she has a serious drug problem. The children haven't seen her for 14 months.
CAS was involved with my partner as they wanted to do a parenting capacity assessment for him since he had made really bad choices for his kids in the past. Together we toughed it out and the supervision order ended, my partner can now go ahead and apply for custody of both kids.
Now my partner wants to split and he wants me to take a hike from these two wonderful kids, one 7 and one 3, just as if it didn't matter to anyone what I did. I know for sure that the kids need me more than that, and that his failure to realize that means that they need me more.
I know that I can apply for custody, since anyone can. Can anyone give me a sense of the likelihood of actually having custody granted?
I should note that CAS made it clear in their paperwork that they were concerned about my partner's ability to parent should I leave the house. I should also make it clear that I want the kids to reside with me, since I am way better equipped to do it on my own than he is, and I want him to have liberal access to them.
He wants to take them to his mother's, where she and his aunt will take turns providing care for them when he is at work or sleeping (he works nights), both women are older and neither of them really up for the job.
I know for sure I have rights to the children... and I also know it is in their best interest to live with me for now.
My partner has a looooooooooooooooooooooot of baggage to work through, which is the reason he and I are breaking up, and it also prohibits him from seeing what is best for the kids.
I'm open to questions if anything I've put down here is not clear... and anxiously awaiting any advice which can be given!
I've been CL for 14 months with a man who came with 2 kids - one bio and one not.
His ex has been out of the picture as she has a serious drug problem. The children haven't seen her for 14 months.
CAS was involved with my partner as they wanted to do a parenting capacity assessment for him since he had made really bad choices for his kids in the past. Together we toughed it out and the supervision order ended, my partner can now go ahead and apply for custody of both kids.
Now my partner wants to split and he wants me to take a hike from these two wonderful kids, one 7 and one 3, just as if it didn't matter to anyone what I did. I know for sure that the kids need me more than that, and that his failure to realize that means that they need me more.
I know that I can apply for custody, since anyone can. Can anyone give me a sense of the likelihood of actually having custody granted?
I should note that CAS made it clear in their paperwork that they were concerned about my partner's ability to parent should I leave the house. I should also make it clear that I want the kids to reside with me, since I am way better equipped to do it on my own than he is, and I want him to have liberal access to them.
He wants to take them to his mother's, where she and his aunt will take turns providing care for them when he is at work or sleeping (he works nights), both women are older and neither of them really up for the job.
I know for sure I have rights to the children... and I also know it is in their best interest to live with me for now.
My partner has a looooooooooooooooooooooot of baggage to work through, which is the reason he and I are breaking up, and it also prohibits him from seeing what is best for the kids.
I'm open to questions if anything I've put down here is not clear... and anxiously awaiting any advice which can be given!
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