my son was born in washington but im moving to idaho what are the paternity laws their for example do they belive the childs best place is to be with his mother? and if im 17 and have a job and am working my hardest for my son but the dad is over the age of 18 and has a higher paying job will they rather my son live with his father im so scared i never told my sons bilogical father it was his baby because he abused me and would abuse my son he is also an alcoholhic i wanted to hide my son i know it sounds wrong but it was for the best now he wants to take my 2 month old son for me what can i do what options do i have the police will never realize hes abusive he hides it and the fact that he does drugs. what options do i have to keep him from him i need help please i need to know idahos laws
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It may be best if you talk to a lawyer or if you can't afford it, try Legal Aid. Unless a lawyer just happens to come to this category who knows Idaho lawyer, no one else can help you here. If you are 17 with a god job why are you moving anyway? If our child's father is abusive you can always turn to your local family court and obtain a restraining order against the father.I hope you have parents also who can help you.,
If you have full custody now you can move wherever you like without telling him or anyone else if there's no court order in place to force you to disclose his location.
Once you're living somewhere there's no way to stop a biological father from filing custody requests, no matter what state you're in. He'll have to file where you are once you establish residency. As soon as you get settled? Find a good family court lawyer and retain him or her, and let them know everything that's going on so you have some help ready.
Each family court, (where your case would be heard), takes into consideration both sides of the story, and REALLY pays attention to the documentation you present. Family court judges have heard it all, (and only believe a small portion of it,) from warring parents over custody.
Your best bet is to begin documenting his activities by calling the police when he does any illegal activity, and that damn sure includes abusing you!!
Grow a spine for your son, you have to be strong and be his defender. Drop a 911 call on this loser every time he starts anything, and he won't have a chance to get custody, no matter how much money he's making.
Good luck, hon, stay strong, ask yourself What would Xena do? :)
I would check with both states, since this is an inter-state problem... I'd also check and make sure that YOU have legal custody of the child, since you're underage yourself!
Idaho Legal Resource Hotline: (877) 228-6601
Washington State Family Law Help:
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/wa/stat...
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