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Questions about custody and what to do...?

Me and my ex established a joint legal custody arrangement for our daughter about 2 years ago in Arizona. We signed paper work with the courts that we both agree with this decision that she will have our daught Monday-Thursday afternoon and I will have her the other amount of time, but alot has happened within the last 2 years. My ex verbally gave me custody of my daughter since she was going to school and could not find sitters. She saw her maybe twice afterwards and then she took off after that for about 11 months to smoke meth. I filed for full custody about 3 months into the 11 months because the courts wanted me to serve her paper work. I didn't know where she was and had no way of contacting her so at about the 8 month mark I gave up. Since, she has come back for about 7 months now and is clean but she thinks that the previous agreement is in affect. I was also going over our previous minute notes and she did not take the appropriate class and pay the fee that was ordered by the court. With all this info my questions are: Did she void our previous parenting plan by not taking those court mandated things and for runninf off? I am in contempt of court because of this plan and my refusal to give her more than 1 day with her? Do parenting plans ever expire or have to be renewed? Do I need to file for new court order.

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  • 7 years ago
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    Either you had a lousy lawyer or you tried the 3 months into the 11 months thing yourself and you didn't know what you were doing. That mistake is going to cost you, big time. You serve people at their last known address and if they are no longer there, you serve them publicly, in the newspaper legal notice ads.

    At this point, I would recommend seeing your family law attorney. Since she is going to fight you, you need someone working for you who knows what he is doing.

    Source(s): Certified Paralegal
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