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    Default Emergency Custody

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

    I have two children that i have half custody over and have visitation 3-4 days a week. There mother has been there primary care giver until now. basically she dropped them off to me and said "you take them" and stormed off in the middle of the night after a demestic dispute with her unstable boyfriend. We have yet to go to court regarding custody and child support and til now have had a verbal agreement regarding visitation and ive been jumping through hoops to keep the peace. This isnt the first time shes done this but now i fear for my childrens safety around her and this man. I need help finding out about how to go about getting full custody til the court date and how to go about handling this in a fast manor. Any help would be appriciated.

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    Default Re: Emergency Custody

    Is your verbal agreement a written one or just an oral one?

    A verbal agreement can be both oral or written, an oral agreement is just one that is spoken.

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    Default Re: Emergency Custody

    It's not difficult to figure out from the context that he means "oral", particularly given that they have not yet gone to court.

    Talk to your lawyer about whether you can get an interim order, pending the scheduled hearing. That's much more likely to be a status quo order than a modification of your past practice. If being in their mother's care is dangerous to the children, talk to your lawyer about bringing an emergency motion for custody.

    It's possible to represent yourself, but I don't recommend it in this type of custody dispute. It's really easy to get off on the wrong foot before the judge, and it can be very difficult to recover from that.

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