divorce

[papajeff 0]

I asked this question before and responses went off target Ill try this again I got married a year ago to colombian we had a child my wife now wants to go back home and shes trying every trick in the book to try and take baby back to colombia,

1 i want my daughter here the mother is unstable

2 if my wife decideds after divorece she wants to stay here am i finacially responsible for her I have got her all her working papers and am wondering what I am on the hook for.

trying to figure best route for my daughter and its not to be with her mother.

she has us passport already she will not have the means to upand leave so we can leave the abduction of child comments out of this,

thanks in advance

jeff

[belinda63 3,047]

1. Custody is determined in family court during the divorce proceedings.

2. You as the sponsor are responsible to the US government if she becomes a public charge under the terms of the I-864. Divorce does not absolve you of this responsibility. Any other support for her would be determined by the family court/divorce proceedings.

[SisJ 13]

Your best bet will be to try to file for custody of your child. If you have good proof that she is "unstable" then that might be of some help. If she does decide to stay here after all then i'm guessing that according to the I-864 you will be responsible for her if she does become a charge of the state or some (i might be wrong). You may have to pay child support, which i have a feeling you have no problem with, but if she has a job and able to take care of herself then i doubt you'll be responsible for her financial needs.

[rika60607 215]

Unless your wife is afflicted with serious mental illness or a drug addiction, and assuming that your wife did not work, but took care of the child...

the court will probably give you joint custody for the child, making it impossible for her to leave and take the child to Columbia.

But, she is likely to get the child living with her and you are likely to be liable for child support, alimony and will have to provide medical insurance at least for the child (but may be for both of them). Reasons for divorce, the state laws and quality of lawyers will determine the judgement. Nobody here can tell you for sure.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Yes you got this question answered before.

Here the simple version.

You get divorced.

Court most likely gives you joint custody unless you intervene.

If your wife leaves the US, she cannot take the US citizen child with her without your explicit and written permission.

If you are afraid she would do that, you need to bring this up during the divorce hearing.

On one hand you state that your wife "now wants to go back home and shes trying every trick in the book to try and take baby back to colombia," and in your same post you state "she has us passport already she will not have the means to upand leave so we can leave the abduction of child comments out of this."

These two statements from you are contradictory.

Either she will try every trick in the book to take the baby to Columbia, or she will not have the means to do that, so she won't be guilty of child kidnapping, which this would be.

[James and Cynthia 70]

Yes you got this question answered before.

Here the simple version.

You get divorced.

Court most likely gives you joint custody unless you intervene.

If your wife leaves the US, she cannot take the US citizen child with her without your explicit and written permission.

If you are afraid she would do that, you need to bring this up during the divorce hearing.

On one hand you state that your wife "now wants to go back home and shes trying every trick in the book to try and take baby back to colombia," and in your same post you state "she has us passport already she will not have the means to upand leave so we can leave the abduction of child comments out of this."

These two statements from you are contradictory.

Either she will try every trick in the book to take the baby to Columbia, or she will not have the means to do that, so she won't be guilty of child kidnapping, which this would be.

The courts rarely give joint custody unless both parties agree.

-James