My 16 yr old stepson called last nite very upset, says he has had it with living there with his mom & wants to come here. Wanted someone to come get him last nite- we are 6 hrs away from him. I don't know the whole story, only what he is saying- his mom bought him a brand new 4X4 truck for Christmas & so he turned 16 in Feb, his mom gives him $25/wk for gas which is not enough so he went looking for a job & when he got one his mom threw a fit- she wants him to come work at her shop & he does not want to do this, so she told him he wasn't allowed to work anywhere else but the shop & if that's the thanks she got for getting him a new vehicle he could just pay the insurance on it also & if it wasn't paid, then he wasn't driving it. Neither me nor his father have a problem with the kids paying their share of things BUT if he doesn't want to work for his mom- neither of us feel he should have to. Their mom is another story in itself- she's your classic case of nutty!!! lol.
At any rate, I managed to talk him into waiting until the weekend & really thinking about this, his Dad is going down Saturday to talk with him one on one.
My question is- if he chooses to come on & live with us, how does that work because I KNOW his mom won't voluntarily let him come- she has the primary physical custody in the joint custody. But from the way he talked he is coming back with his Dad come hell or high water- how much trouble legally can we get into & is there a fast simple way to do this without getting lawyers involved??? As i said- we are 6 hours away from them & from what i hear the police here won't get involved UNTIL it becomes a criminal matter & there hesitant even then ......
At any rate, I managed to talk him into waiting until the weekend & really thinking about this, his Dad is going down Saturday to talk with him one on one.
My question is- if he chooses to come on & live with us, how does that work because I KNOW his mom won't voluntarily let him come- she has the primary physical custody in the joint custody. But from the way he talked he is coming back with his Dad come hell or high water- how much trouble legally can we get into & is there a fast simple way to do this without getting lawyers involved??? As i said- we are 6 hours away from them & from what i hear the police here won't get involved UNTIL it becomes a criminal matter & there hesitant even then ......