Want to get joint physical custody of child
Hi my name is Danielle. I have a husband named Robert and a toddler at home. My husband has a child from a previous relationship and has paid child support for the child his whole life. He has also been involved in the child's life, at least as much as she woul let him. I do not know how to say this ina nice way, but she is a girl of questionable morality, and basically uses her son as a paycheck. She lives in a dump and does not get the child haircuts,dentist, or decent clean clothes. The child would obviously benefit by living with us.
Last time we went to court the lawyer said that my husband lived too far away to get joint parentage. My husband has now been offered a job where we would be living like one street over from where the child lives already. I really want to know if it would be able to get at least joint physical custody and how this would effect child support payments. She is basically living with her husband that will not work and me and my husband are supporting her whole amily even her kid from someone else. What should we do?