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- From: waltoml@wkuvx1.bitnet
- Newsgroups: alt.child-support
- Subject: "Temporary" Temporary Custody
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.004311.4145@wkuvx1.bitnet>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 00:43:11 CST
- Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
- Lines: 54
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- HI!
-
- I was trying to get some advice and perhaps some confirmation.
-
- I am the NCP of three children, 8, 6 and 4. I have been divorced from
- their mother for almost a year. I pay child support but no alimony
- under Kentucky law. My child support is taken directly out of my
- unemployment checks by personal request.
-
- She has been living on campus with her new lover/finance since before
- the divorce. The housing is based upon being a fulltime student at
- the university and up until the past school year, they did not care if
- you went to classes or not. The policy was changed shoirtly after our
- divorce, and she was told to take classes and attend them or lose the
- very cheap housing (free utilities and a very low rent payment).
- I guess she did not do either, because of her new fulltime job and
- because other than the finance, an alien student from Indonesia,
- nobody else wanted to take care of the three while she went to class
- at night. He could not because he was working a job "off the books"
- in town.
-
- I get monthly visitation rights, and this is where the issue comes
- into play. I called this evening to verify the arrangement to pick
- them up for this month's visit with me, living two and one half hours
- away from the campus. She tells me that she wants me to keep them
- longer than the weekend, that she must find another place to live and
- that if I had them, she could save up enought money to get someplace
- to live. I tentatively agreed to this, because I miss my children very
- much and because I can understand trying to find another place.
-
- She wants me to take them out of school and transfer them to the local
- school system here. What right do I have to do this being the NCP??
- She also wants me to keep them longer than the weekend visitation that
- is described in the divorce agreement. Can I do this risk-free?? I am
- not doing well-off financially, I am still looking for a job here.
- What are the ramifications of "temporary custody" without a temporary
- custody document??
-
- On one hand, I want to help her. On the other hand, I cannot trust
- her as far as I can throw her (and that's not far, believe me). I want
- to have my children here, safe and secure, and I also want to do this
- the right way. Any thoughts on how I should do this??
-
- Please reply to WALTOML@WKUVX1.bitnet since I don't frequently write
- or read the postings here on the list. I do, however, read my mail
- twice a day at work.
-
- Thanks for your help!
-
- Settummanque!
-
- Mike Walton
- Greenwood, Kentucky
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