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My husband and I are filing a Motion to Modify on our own because we cant afford to hire an attorney. We have my SS at this moment and will file the motion before we are suppose to return him to his BM. If we honestly believe that it is NOT in his best interest to be returned to her due to her not having anything that is stable for him. She has moved him more then 7 times in the last year. He failed the 5th grade (he is 13 yrs old and should be in the 7th grade). He didnt attend summer school due to her up and moving him again. She has a 15 yr old that hasnt lived with her for the last year. She moved in with friends in a different city then mom because she was tired of moving (mom allowed her to do it). Then after school let out the daughter moved out of state to live with her father that she had just met and disowned her mother. My SS has stated to and has put into writing himself that he wants to live with us because he are stable. He has a roof over his head and he knows that he will always be able to have something decent to eat. Can we for his safety keep him at least until we go to court for the modification and see what the jugde has to say?? Please help me with this. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!
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My husband has a 13 year old that we get to see and talk to when its convient for his mom. She has up and moved at least 7 times this past school year. That means he changed schools at least 7 times. He failed the 5th grade and was suppose to attend summer school however she moved again to live with "friends". Her 15 yr old daughter has disowned her because of the way that they have been treated to go and live with her dad that she just met 4 months ago. She gets over $500 a month in child support and instead of invessting that in a decent home or reliable transportation she blows it on whatever. He doesnt even have a toothbrush with his mom and has told us that he doesnt brush his teeth when hes with her. She sleeps til 3 or so in the afternoon and leaves this child to fend for himself. He has recently stated that he wants to live with us because he has a home and real food. He says that when he is with her that he has no one watching over him. He gets to run all over doing whatever he wants to do because his mom doesnt care what he does. When he and I sat down to talk he started crying because he said his mom is going to be mad at him for not wanting to be with her anymore. I tried to explain to him that there was no reason for her to be mad at him for wanting to feel safe. That there was nothing wrong with feeling this way. We want to file to modify the orders that are currently in place. We have him right now for the summer. If we keep him instead of returning him when our visitation is over because we are concerned for his safety and well being, what consequences are we looking at?? I am hoping to have the modification request filed before that happens but we wont of gone back to court yet. Our first priority is to try to give him a healthy happy childhood.  Any advise will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for everyones help!!!!