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Cohabitation? (Family Law)

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:35:00 GMT

I was never married to my 4 year old daughter father. He has been emotionally and physically abusive to me....he took me to court when she was 3 for legitimation and name change- I petitioned to have his parental rights denied. They awarded him the right to change her name and legitimate himself. He was awarded visitation and ordered to pay child support in later court proceedings ( which he has failed to pay). He is threatening to take me to court for custody. I have been told that cohabitation on my part could cause me to lose custody. I live in Ga. with my boyfriend - Is co habitation illegal in Ga.? I am in a committed realtionship and I plan to marry eventually. My daughters father is married. Will this hurt me?

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  • Wed, 02 May 2001 11:14:00 GMT(1)
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    Originally posted by VonnieT
    Just to let anyone who is from Tennessee know, it is illegal here!

    What is? living with someone?
  • Wed, 02 May 2001 10:44:00 GMT(2)
  • Just to let anyone who is from Tennessee know, it is illegal here!
  • Tue, 01 May 2001 09:27:00 GMT(3)
  • it's not that it can hurt you, it just sometimes doesn't help you.
    no one can predict how a judge will rule on this type of thing. in most cases it is a personal opinion of the judge. you might sit in on a couple of hearings and see how he leans towards things of this nature.
    some judges feel that live ins are not "permanent", if they were - they would be husbands. so it can affect the "permanence of the family unit". especially if you ex has remarried and been married for a few years. he will have established a "permanent family unit".
    other judges see it from the view point that you are bringing people in and out of the life of the child. especially if there has been a couple of different people in your life and one or more have lived with you.
    i would suggest checking out the views of the court there. other than that - if you felt afraid that it could interferre with the custody of the kids then you don't do it. right?
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