My question involves a child custody case from the State of Utah
I am a divorced father of three boys (17 with special needs, 15 and 10) and I have joint legal and custody. Their mother made up all this stuff to limit my visitation so I am now dealing with a 5/9 split.
Before our temporary orders hearing began she talked a lot of bad things about me to my 15-year-old child and he got really upset at me. My ex and her then fiance' kept him from me for over 3 months and would never tell me where he was. They blocked my phone number in his phone and refused to let me see him.
After the temp orders hearing, I was given every other weekend with overnights on Monday and three-hour visitation during one night of the week. My 15-year-old then started coming with me again and we had a great relationship again. I have always gone to all my kids extra curricular activities even when she would schedule them on my visitation time. After the trial hit and I was given the 9/5 split, my 15 year old son then wanted to stop coming to see me again and said his mom told him he doesn't have to come and she wasn't going to make him. We were arguing and it was upsetting my son with Autism so I just left without my 15 year old for our weekend visit. I went bankrupt after the court hearing due to the amount of attorney debt incrued during all of this. Every time my visitation begins I ask if my 15 year old is coming and she says no and leaves it at that. She always says he is over at his friends or doesn't want to go. I have tried talking to the police several times but they say it's a civil matter so they won't do anything. I haven't seen him in 9 months now and I am starting to get back on my feet financially. I am re-married and have a child due this month.
Last month she asked if I would meet her at the county building to sign for my 15 year old to get his passport so he can go on a school trip to several countries around Europe. I told her I wasn't going to sign for it because she won't even let me see my kid when I live 15 minutes from her. She said she would just wait until he was 16 and go around me since they won't need my signature once he is 16.
I don't have the money to afford an attorney but what are my chances in court if I take her back for refusing to follow the court ordered visitation and represent myself? My youngest has finally caught on to a lot of her stuff and keeps telling me that he wants to live with me full time because she treats him really bad because he sticks up for me when she talks bad about me. Do you think I stand a chance trying to get 50/50 custody since I have shown to always follow the court ordered visitation and have never missed a single extracurricular activity while she has done nothing but try and create a divide between me and my boys?
I am a divorced father of three boys (17 with special needs, 15 and 10) and I have joint legal and custody. Their mother made up all this stuff to limit my visitation so I am now dealing with a 5/9 split.
Before our temporary orders hearing began she talked a lot of bad things about me to my 15-year-old child and he got really upset at me. My ex and her then fiance' kept him from me for over 3 months and would never tell me where he was. They blocked my phone number in his phone and refused to let me see him.
After the temp orders hearing, I was given every other weekend with overnights on Monday and three-hour visitation during one night of the week. My 15-year-old then started coming with me again and we had a great relationship again. I have always gone to all my kids extra curricular activities even when she would schedule them on my visitation time. After the trial hit and I was given the 9/5 split, my 15 year old son then wanted to stop coming to see me again and said his mom told him he doesn't have to come and she wasn't going to make him. We were arguing and it was upsetting my son with Autism so I just left without my 15 year old for our weekend visit. I went bankrupt after the court hearing due to the amount of attorney debt incrued during all of this. Every time my visitation begins I ask if my 15 year old is coming and she says no and leaves it at that. She always says he is over at his friends or doesn't want to go. I have tried talking to the police several times but they say it's a civil matter so they won't do anything. I haven't seen him in 9 months now and I am starting to get back on my feet financially. I am re-married and have a child due this month.
Last month she asked if I would meet her at the county building to sign for my 15 year old to get his passport so he can go on a school trip to several countries around Europe. I told her I wasn't going to sign for it because she won't even let me see my kid when I live 15 minutes from her. She said she would just wait until he was 16 and go around me since they won't need my signature once he is 16.
I don't have the money to afford an attorney but what are my chances in court if I take her back for refusing to follow the court ordered visitation and represent myself? My youngest has finally caught on to a lot of her stuff and keeps telling me that he wants to live with me full time because she treats him really bad because he sticks up for me when she talks bad about me. Do you think I stand a chance trying to get 50/50 custody since I have shown to always follow the court ordered visitation and have never missed a single extracurricular activity while she has done nothing but try and create a divide between me and my boys?
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