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i live in lexington north carolina...back in november i found out that my g/f was cheating on me with a 16 year old boy while i was at work everyday..(she is 27)we split up and she remained with the 16 year old....dss has gotten involved and placed our three children with her mother.we were both required to do several classes due to drug use and her inappropriate behavior with the 16 yr old..i also found out that the 16 yr old was hitting my children......the mother has not been attending any classes at all and still remains with the 16 yr old...she still uses and she lives with the 16 yr old and his mom...she has maybe seen our kids 3-4 times since november and has supervised visitation.dss has also ordered that the children not be allowed around the 16 yr old..since the seperation i have moved on with my life,stopped using drugs,i attend everything i am suppose to ordered by dss,i have a home for my children and i see my kids on the weekends and once through the week..dss has informed me that the mother and i have equal rights and custody of our children and if my ex wanted to she could just go and pick up my kids and take them out of state..she has attempted to do this once before in march 2009.i am working as hard as i can  so i can have my kids come live with me and i need to find out how i can file for emergency custody until i can get a lawyer..so she does not leave the state with my kids and to see if there is a  chance the court will grant me temp custody...i still plan on following dss rules and even will keep the children where they have been until dss releases them to me completely.please advise me on what i can and should do...i feel so alone in this mess...