Ok, so my husband and I are seeking full physical and legal custody of his 3 children from a previous marriage. We have written down dates and instances in which things have happened ie: Kids going months without glasses, shoes and clothes not fitting properly, 2 out of 3 (3rd child is not old enough to attend school) have failed a grade, the mother took the oldest child out of school for approx 15 days for no reason and had truancy officers called on her & almost caused her to fail a grade for a 2nd time. Mother is voluntarily unemployed for 4 yrs, has her father paying all of her bills including rent. The kids constantly tell us how they may have gotten 1-2 baths in a 7 day time frame. Middle child had speech problem & my husband was carrying insurance on the children, we asked their mother to take her to a therapist since my husband and I were working full time and mother was unemployeed & was not attending school etc. She informed us she was not going to take her & if we wanted it done we should do it. Also the youngest child is old enough to be in head start or preschool, mother refused to put her in school or fill out information for public assistance with a head start program (she would have been the one to fill out this financial information since the children live with her). Most recently kids one of the children has come over with a black eye and the other with a rash or fungus on her. The oldest child reports that her mother has requested she take her infant son (with another man) out of her room in the mornings so she could sleep, oldest child is 10 yrs old.
Their mother is living with her fiance who has 2 other children who visit every other weekend, she has the 3 children with my husband plus another child her fiance and they all reside in a 3 bedroom home for 8 people.
Mother has moved the children 7 times in 6 years, is not financially stable as she has not worked for 4 yrs. We have moved 1 time, we are about to move again into a bigger place (hopefully buying a home & moving in hopes to get custody) where we could have adequate shelter for all of the children & I have been employed with the same company for 8 yrs, going back to school, husband has been employed consistantly with the exception of 8 month period when he worked for a company that filed bankruptcy and everyone lost their jobs.
Just wondering if we have a case or if we are just wasting our time about to battle this out in court. I am confident with the mountain of evidence of her neglect we could win as our home is a more stable environment. BTW my husband pays child support every month so there is no reason the kids should go without the things they need & we usually end up buying essentials for them to take home clothes, shoes, school supplies etc.
Mother lives in Ohio and we live in KY.
Their mother is living with her fiance who has 2 other children who visit every other weekend, she has the 3 children with my husband plus another child her fiance and they all reside in a 3 bedroom home for 8 people.
Mother has moved the children 7 times in 6 years, is not financially stable as she has not worked for 4 yrs. We have moved 1 time, we are about to move again into a bigger place (hopefully buying a home & moving in hopes to get custody) where we could have adequate shelter for all of the children & I have been employed with the same company for 8 yrs, going back to school, husband has been employed consistantly with the exception of 8 month period when he worked for a company that filed bankruptcy and everyone lost their jobs.
Just wondering if we have a case or if we are just wasting our time about to battle this out in court. I am confident with the mountain of evidence of her neglect we could win as our home is a more stable environment. BTW my husband pays child support every month so there is no reason the kids should go without the things they need & we usually end up buying essentials for them to take home clothes, shoes, school supplies etc.
Mother lives in Ohio and we live in KY.
