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Dear Soc,

Dad is NCP. Mom is CP. Mom opened bank account in minor child's name. Mother then wrote at least 8 hot checks on the account.  (She has been convicted of three and has 5 cases pending) She has also used the minor child's name to obtain utilities.

Mom and Dad are going for a custody modification next week. Father is asking for sole legal because of this and several true findings by DCFS of neglect and inadequate supervision.  She has been arrested twice and left the children with her mother, who is a registered child maltreater after her DCFS case worker prohibited her from leaving the children in her mother's care, while in jail for upwards of 3 days.

1. Are the reasons above considered adequate reasons for one parent to be granted sole legal?

2.Is there any way that the courts can bar Mom from opening any bank accounts in the children's names?

Thanks Soc

>1. Are the reasons above considered adequate reasons for one
>parent to be granted sole legal?

Depends on da judge.


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>2.Is there any way that the courts can bar Mom from opening
>any bank accounts in the children's names?

Ask for a restraining order on grounds that Mom is using the child's identity for a criminal purpose, i.e., kiting checks.