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I am the father of a 8 year daughter who I have am the custodial parent.  She spends weekends with her mother and during her visits she is witnessing drug use and manufacturing of crack cocaine.  She told me a story about how they mix-up powdery stuff on a spoon and then they pour some out of the spoon and then let it dry on the counter and it creates a yellow ball.  When it is dry they smash it up and put it in a tube and then they go in the attic, lock the door and smoke it.  She said she has seen this a few times.  My daughter was born with cocaine in her system when she was born and now she is witnessing it 8 years later.

I already have a hearing scheduled for physical child abuse which was investigated but there were no arrests or physical marks so DCFS did not intervene. 

What should I do?  I think manufacturing drugs in front of a child technically child abuse according to statuates.

What do I do, Call the police and have them interview her?  Call the scholl and talk to a social worker? 

Thnaks in advance and please help.   

I am the father and have joint custody of my daughter.  She lives with me 70% of the time and 30% of the time with her mother.  I use to have to pay her mother child support since I make a significant amount of money more than she does.  I make 60k annually and she said she makes $1,100/month.  This is how they do it in WI.  I have since got this terminated since the judge agreed that I should not have to pay child support.

I also pay about 9-10k a year in daycare costs.  This will be going down since she will be starting first grade.

We are going to trial next week to determine where she will go to school and finalize other matters.

She thinks we should alternate filing her as a dependent since it is joint custody.  I think I should be able to claim her on my taxes every year since she is with me the majority and I pay the majority of the support for her.  I am trying to get the child support moved to Il., where I live since she would then have to pay me child support.  I think if she pays child support then maybe we should alternate.  However if shes not paying any support and I have the majority of the expenses then I should cliam her every year. 

I also thought that you have to have your child 51%f the time to get the child tax credit.

Does she have a leg to stand on and ask the court to alternate filing her as a dependent.  Since I make more the tax break would be significantly more if I filed anyhow.  Anyone have experience with something like this?

I am the father who has the majority of physical placement of my daughter with joint custody.  We live in Illinois but mother lives and Wi where my daughter was born.  After getting her out of foster care I received the majority of the custody 70/30.  There was no child support in place for 4 years until Mom applied for daycare assistance in WI.  So who does WI come after, me.  In WI, since I make significantly more than her I had to pay her roughly $100 a month in child support since my lawyer did not show up to the case.  Well we went back and the judge terminated the child support agreement since I have her the majority of the time.

Since there is no longer a child support agreement in WI, can I simply go file for child support in Il. since they do not care how much each party makes?

I am thinking since there is no child support order in place they will hear my case without getting the authorization from Wi first to have it moved to Il.  What are your thoughts?

Another question is there has been nothing ever put into our court orders about taxes each year.  Since I am the supporting parent the majority of the time can I file each year and claim my daughter or since it is technically joint custody do we switch each year?  We have alternated in the past based on good faith but I am sick of her getting a free ride.  Since there is nothing in the court order can I claim her anyway?