Morality Clause AFTER remarrying

[Rgoyette]

Jurisdiction

Arkansas

Hello,

I married my husband BEFORE he went to court with ex girlfriend for custody of his children. We now have 50/50 custody of the boys. But we have a morality clause in his custody papers. It states "No overnight guests of the opposite sex that are not related by blood or marriage". It does not state anything about the overnight guest being in a romantic relationship with him or not.

So my question is, can my female bestfriend spend the night with her daughter when they come into town next month? And can our friends who are married stay at our house with their children when they come down for vacation over the summer?

I have no intentions of breaking the law, so I need to know if I need to tell them to get a hotel or if it is okay to set them up in the guest room!

Thank you for your help!!

 

[army judge]

The custody agreement only applies to daddy and mommy.
Daddy married you, other than that you're not involved.
Your friends can certainly stay overnight.
His friends can certainly stay a few nights, too.
Your friends can do whatever is legal in your state, in the privacy of a bedroom you've allowed them to use while visiting you.
Common sense says, only uncivilized savages would allow children to see adults engaging in adult behaviors.
You and your family seem quite civilized and normal.
Frankly those "morality clauses" are meaningless.
If you and he decided to have orgies at your house, how could his former spouse prove he engaged in so called "immoral" acts?
She couldn't.
All she could do is allege.
You, madam, can't break the law, insofar as his custody agreement is concerned.
He couldn't, either.
If he violated the order, he could only be cited for contempt.
I suggest you simply enjoy your life.
You and he seem like decent people, just keep on being yourselves.

 

[Rgoyette]

Thank you! That takes a lot of stress off my shoulders. I did not want to do anything that could potentially cause us to lose custody of our kids.

 

[KatDini]

Then stop with the we and our when it comes to your husband and his ex's children, because legally, they are NOT your children. You're in danger of jeopardizing your husband's custody arrangements if this goes into court and a judge/GAL hears you talking that way.

And if you talk that way in front of Mom, then, yeah, I can see why she doesn't like you.