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Originally posted by dsconstructs:
[qb] peachy, I have read your other post. For what it is or isn't worth, based on what I read, your bf would probably have a difficult time getting custody. Usually for a custody change, there are more severe circumstances involved.

My example is this. I got custody of my daughter after picking her up from the local PD. Her mother was charged with child endangerement. CPS turned my daughter over to me and I filed for custody the next day. I also had gotten school attendance records from first grade and the first half of second grade that showed a very large majority of school days were either unexcused absence, or very tardy. A progress report that reflected she would be in danger of being held back due missing so much of the class that she could not help but be behind. I had no real fight in court. With those charges, that she plead guilty to, and school records it was a simple case to show her as unfit.
Truth is it still would not have been as easy as it was for me had her mother put up any sort of fight. It would have at least taken longer had she not simply agreed in court to give up custody, making it even easier for the judge to order the custody change. Otherwise we still would have been required to attend mediation as the next step had she put up a fight. While I'm absolutely sure in the end I'd have still been granted custody, it could have been a longer struggle even with these circumstances. [/qb]