Was wondering if I would get sole guardianship of my girls. I currently have sole custody and joint guardianship with reasonable and generous access. About 6 weeks ago my ex husband walked out of the girls lives as he's getting married again,and every time I have tried to get his help with getting my child counseling or school stuff he always says he can't and how he has no extra money. My children don't want to go and have not asked for him in the last 6 weeks. We do have a court order but like I said walked away.. Any help would be appreciated.

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Originally Posted by momof2kidz

Was wondering if I would get sole gaurdianship of my girls. I currently have sole custody and joint gaurdianship with reasonable and generous access. About 6 weeks ago my ex husband walked out of the girls lives as hes getting married again,and everytime I have tried to get his help with getting my child counseling or school stuff he always says he can't and how he has no extra money. My children dont want to go and have not asked for him in the last 6 weeks. We do have a court order but like i said walked away.. Any help would be appreciated.

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I believe it's probably "guardianship", but I don't know what that term means in your jurisdiction. What state or country are you in?

I'm in Canada . BC to be exact.

Frankly I think the courts are unlikely to change the current arrangement. I see no reason for them to do so.

I would also note that as long as you know his location, that you continue to try and make arrangements for visitation, or at least to present the children for visitation, which will keep you from violating the order. Document each time he has refused to see the children at his scheduled visitation time. You want to protect yourself if he accuses you of violating the custody/visitation order. Also, is there a child support order in place? If so, and you have additional expenses for the children that are not covered by the original order (ie: medical care, therapy), you should petition for a modification to include them. If you do not have a support order, file for one immediately so you have recourse if he refuses to pay.