My husband left in October. We have 2 small children. And we're going to do things amicably... HA! I am now seeing it will only be amicable if I do things the way he wants! We agreed to give mediation a try, but haven't done so yet.
We live about 1/2 hr out of Ottawa in a nice home with 2 little children. Basically my options suck, either I buy a crap shak in a crap town and live very tight or rent an apt again, in a town I don't want to be in.
My solution at this point is to take the kids and go live with my mom until we can get sorted and I can figure out what I am going to do and get on our feet.
Things have happened way faster than I had anticipated, I got a job and start very soon. My plan is to let the kids finish out their school until Christmas where we are. Then move in to the city and they can start a new school.
He is very upset about this and says I have no right to remove them from the school they are in. He will take them the next 6 months and I can come visit and have every other weekend.
Ummmm, no, I am NOT abandoning my children, they have never been away from me and I have serious concerns about what that would do to them if I left them. He's the one who wanted to break up the family, he left and has been out of the house.
Does he have a right to tell me I can't take the children? We will literally be a 1/2 hr away from our current home and he work across the street from where we will be living 4-5 days a week. It would be no inconveniance for him to see the kids. He's a good dad and loves his kids and I by no means want to keep them from him. But can he legally hold me back from moving them and starting them in a new school in January?
Do I really require interim child custody to do this? Please help, I need this sorted asap and need to know if he has a leg to stand on. I have been the primary care giver and have remained so while he's been gone.
We live about 1/2 hr out of Ottawa in a nice home with 2 little children. Basically my options suck, either I buy a crap shak in a crap town and live very tight or rent an apt again, in a town I don't want to be in.
My solution at this point is to take the kids and go live with my mom until we can get sorted and I can figure out what I am going to do and get on our feet.
Things have happened way faster than I had anticipated, I got a job and start very soon. My plan is to let the kids finish out their school until Christmas where we are. Then move in to the city and they can start a new school.
He is very upset about this and says I have no right to remove them from the school they are in. He will take them the next 6 months and I can come visit and have every other weekend.
Ummmm, no, I am NOT abandoning my children, they have never been away from me and I have serious concerns about what that would do to them if I left them. He's the one who wanted to break up the family, he left and has been out of the house.
Does he have a right to tell me I can't take the children? We will literally be a 1/2 hr away from our current home and he work across the street from where we will be living 4-5 days a week. It would be no inconveniance for him to see the kids. He's a good dad and loves his kids and I by no means want to keep them from him. But can he legally hold me back from moving them and starting them in a new school in January?
Do I really require interim child custody to do this? Please help, I need this sorted asap and need to know if he has a leg to stand on. I have been the primary care giver and have remained so while he's been gone.
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