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    Default Custody and Placement Modification for a 16 Year Old

    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: wisconsin

    My son is 16 and is with me every wed and thurs and every other weekend. I have a job, home and no criminal backround. He is having problems at home and with grades and wants to live with me full time or at least every other week, I want the same.

    His father will not let me take him even extra days...he is very controlling. He tried to committ suicide about 4 months ago, it is on record because they held him 48 hours. He has been in jail for contractors fraud and has a felony (i know this is a business crime but he was still in huber last year and my son dealt with it), and he has missed over 14 days of school because dad was either depressed and wouldnt take him or he took him to work so he had help for the day.
    I know that none of these things are abuse, but at 16 and these struggles my son is tired of coping with, is there a chance at his age that the courts will let him decide, if he has more stability with me, to change the placement schedule to at least 50/50?
    He wants to be with me all the time but I cant see them changing that....because his dad isnt a bad dad, just not a good living situation for my son. Thank you.

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    Default Re: 16 Year Old and Custody/Placement Modification

    The judge always has the final say on custody, but will listen very carefully to what a 16-year-old has to say about where he wants to live.

    If your son testifies to the facts you describe above and says he thinks its bad for him to keep living with his father and he wants to live with you, unless you have some very serious problems of your own, it would be very surprising for the judge not to modify the custody order.

    One thing that will be on the judge's mind is that a 16-year-old is fully-capable of running away from home and starting up an abuse/neglect proceeding in juvenile court.

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    Default Re: Custody and Placement Modification for a 16 Year Old

    Thank you foe actually did jump out of his dads car last week when they were arguing. He ran to his uncles house and the police were called but just called my son to talk to him. He went home but only after I agreed to drive over to his fathers and mediate between the two of them.
    My son called me today and he met with the guidance counselor at school. The guidance counselor called the police to school, they talked to my son and said there was nothing that they could do regarding calling CPS, but that his mom definatley should start drafting up papers. Maybe this will help too.

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