Do I need to modify my current custody agreement, if my 15 year old son wants to live with me, his mother, full time?
Long story short. Have a custody agreement that went through the court system from 2003(?) with my son's father, whom I was never married to. Over the years we have made changes to this agreement between ourselves, writing it out and signing the copies. We have gotten more lenient about what is written down, again choosing to work things out ourselves. As of the beginning of the school year, our son was kicked out/wanted to move out of his father's house and in to mine full time. Now there is an issue with changing our prior agreement, which was 50/50 legal and physical custody. My son wants to live with me. I want to be able to claim him on my taxes. Don't know what to do about health insurance, currently on his fathers. We were supposed to be paying half on all necessities, do I keep him to that? Or try to get child support? Will that force visitation? I don't have money for a lawyer, which was the case the first time. I don't know what my options are. Would appreciate any advice.
