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I'm a 13 year old girl with 2 divorced parents. They have been divorced for almost 4 years now. Ive decided I wanna live with my mom. My mom promised me that when I am 16/17 yrs old, I can choose which parent I wanna see more often. Currently I see my dad Monday-Friday and other weeks monday-thursday. I see my mom on the weekend. I see my mom just over 100 times a year. I want to live with her instead because my mom is not strict and I get to be myself at her house. At my dad's, I have to be what he wants me to be or else I will get in trouble. My dad said I *probably* could choose to see 1 parent more often when I'm 18 and I was pissed af. Can I permanently live with my mommy when in 16? And btw, I know about what the law says.
Edit: foofa those are just my personal reasons. I didn'tn't think I had to publicly say this but my dad verbally abuses me and it's depressing, but I tried to avoid saying that and beating around the bush a little for privacy reasons but whatever
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- ?Lv 71 month agoFavorite Answer
The law says that once a child custody arrangement is court ordered it takes an amended court order to change it. So if your mother wants more custody she needs to file the paperwork and go back to court to get a judge to sign off on it. The good news is that at 13 your opinion probably would be taken into consideration. But you'll want to come up with something better than "not strict" and "be myself" because that makes your mom look like a bad parent. You'll want to say you can study better at your mom's house and that you feel your best chances to succeed academically will be found there. No family court judge is going to respond to laissez faire parenting. You're going to have to say that your mom's house is your best shot at getting into a good university and pursuing your academic and career dreams.
