I have had primary residence of my daughter (7) for two years now. Joint custody with BM who lives in another city. She never kept up on her visits and would either cancel or make my wife go pick up our daughter early because she had other things to do. There is a long history of abuse and neglect that resulted in my daughter moving in with me and my wife.
This past summer my daughter was having an allergic reaction to a needle she got the day before going to her mom's. Mom would not take her to the hospital and instead my wife and I drove 2.5 hours in the middle of the night to take her. Her mom had her bags packed and told us she didn't wish to continue her two week summer visit (It had only been 4 days). When we got home my daughter disclosed that she had been sexually abused by her step dad during the visit and other times before that. All proper action were taken with police and CAS. While the SF was being investigated her mom gave up all access on her own through CAS. It was stated after the criminal investigation was closed that her mom could regain her access if she chooses.
She never did. She never contacted CAS and never attempted to contact myself or our daughter. It has been 8 months since she has seen our daughter and 7.5 since she had a telephone call with her.
I am in the process of joining the military. I will have to leave for basic training soon and CF has talked about relocating us to another city.
I am looking into terminating me ex's rights. besides the reasons stated already my wife has been the caregiver for the past two years. My daughter has some mental health problems from the abuse and has very extensive appointments with regards to this. A lot of it needs parental consent before being able to be done. This includes medical and educational choices.
With my being gone and my ex having no contact on her own terms it makes it hard for us to provide the care needed for our daughter. I am looking into step parent adoption of my daughter so that while I am gone training my wife is able to continue the care m daughter receives and be able to agree to further treatment.
My ex and her husband are also on welfare with a few children under the age of 4 and I have it in writing that she has no plans to get a job.
So my questions are, is it possible to terminate parental rights under these terms and if so what are the best ways to go about it.
Any advice is welcome.
This past summer my daughter was having an allergic reaction to a needle she got the day before going to her mom's. Mom would not take her to the hospital and instead my wife and I drove 2.5 hours in the middle of the night to take her. Her mom had her bags packed and told us she didn't wish to continue her two week summer visit (It had only been 4 days). When we got home my daughter disclosed that she had been sexually abused by her step dad during the visit and other times before that. All proper action were taken with police and CAS. While the SF was being investigated her mom gave up all access on her own through CAS. It was stated after the criminal investigation was closed that her mom could regain her access if she chooses.
She never did. She never contacted CAS and never attempted to contact myself or our daughter. It has been 8 months since she has seen our daughter and 7.5 since she had a telephone call with her.
I am in the process of joining the military. I will have to leave for basic training soon and CF has talked about relocating us to another city.
I am looking into terminating me ex's rights. besides the reasons stated already my wife has been the caregiver for the past two years. My daughter has some mental health problems from the abuse and has very extensive appointments with regards to this. A lot of it needs parental consent before being able to be done. This includes medical and educational choices.
With my being gone and my ex having no contact on her own terms it makes it hard for us to provide the care needed for our daughter. I am looking into step parent adoption of my daughter so that while I am gone training my wife is able to continue the care m daughter receives and be able to agree to further treatment.
My ex and her husband are also on welfare with a few children under the age of 4 and I have it in writing that she has no plans to get a job.
So my questions are, is it possible to terminate parental rights under these terms and if so what are the best ways to go about it.
Any advice is welcome.
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