My question involves a child custody case from the State of:
Oregon and California
My boyfriend has a daughter that will be 2 in May. Him and the mother were living together in Oregon up until about May of 2009. Him and the mother split up and they remained to share custody but still have not got the courts involved. Him and the mother continued to share custody until the end of 2009. The father just moved out of Oregon to California for school and work at the beginning of 2010. At this point he is not sure what the correct way to go about this is.
I would like to know the steps in order for him to get the courts involved so that custody can be determined. He would prefer his daughter to come visit him in California for the summers and holidays but is not sure what the regulation on age and out of state visitation. Is there an age minimum for a child to leave state to visit the other parent? Also, how would child support be determined?
Lastly, he bought a brand new car for them both to use to carry the child around. After their seperation (no marriage involved) he has continued to let her use it. His and her name are both on the title. How would he go about either getting the vehicle back or crediting it towards child support?
I am sure it is apparent I need a lot of advise so that I can assist my boyfriend to do what is legally correct here while obtaining a set visitating schedule. At this point the father has been going to Oregon monthly to visit his daughter. Unfortunately the mother has not been allowing the father to see her the entire time while he is in town. For example; he wanted to have his child for this entire stay throughout the Christmas holiday, the mother agreed and gave him their child upon arrival. However, as Christmas neared the mother Needed to have her daughter on Christmas Eve for a couple hours to share her with the family. The father allowed the mother to take the daughter for the couple hour time period but then never heard from the mother. She did not answer his calls or give him the courtesy of what was going on. Finally, Christmas night he drove over to her house in attempt to talk to the mother and left with no child. On the mother's terms, she called him later on and gave their daughter back to him for the remainder of his stay.
It is terrible how this women controlling his time with his daughter especially because his visitations are limited.
Any advise would help!
Thanks!


