Child custody...back to court again in a different state?

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lea921

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I have been taking care of my 2 children since their birth alone. My ex is in the army and has deployed 3 times. he has never had them in his sole care (always with his parents there) because he drinks a lot(for which he has had counceling) and in my opinion, is mentally unstable (has also been to anger management and personal development counceling).

we have had joint custody with me as the domicary parent for the past 2 years. the terms are not outlined, as my lawyer did this to save me money and time to get him to sign.

Now he is demanding that he has the kids the entire summer and Christmas. He is a stranger to them and an unstable person. I am not required by law to agree, so i told him "no, you will not get them for that amount of time; take me back to court."

We got divorced in louisiana and i am now in ohio with my children. He is in texas, but moving back to louisiana soon. How can i go about getting full custody? He has paid child support, but is still unstable and will always be untrusting alone with the kids because of past/unproven sexual deviance (things that would be my word against his). What should i do?
 
I am going through his with two of my family members right now and I have actually been surprised at what I have seen. You don't have too much to worry about because courts are just flat out on the side of the child being primarily with the mother, unless there is an issue with her like drugs or alcohol. The one thing that seems to help more than anything else is documentation. Document any conversations as to what was said, the date, the time, anything strange or harmful that he does, and especially any police reports or violations of the court order. If he violates the order at all, go down to the police department and write a report. They will give you a copy, then make sure that you take all of that stuff with you to court because it goes a long way. The judge doesn't want to hear your word against his word kinds of things and it won't sway his judgment.
 
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