Sons mother is trying to take away my parenting rights
child custody attorney Minnesota Aug 6, 2026
Location: Minnesota I have a 5 year old, I was never married to the mother and she is trying her best to keep me away from my son. There have been custody issues for 3 years now, a lot has happened, a few things to note about the situation are: -she has broken into my house (never pressed charges because I’m dumb) -she has received a DUI while on her parenting time (son was not in the vehicle at the time) - she does not work and has not for a few years now(she volunteers and went back to school) -she moved several hours away (we were about half an hour apart, now about 3.5 hours apart) leading the pick up and drop offs for both of us 2 hours away from both of our houses instead of 15 minutes. - our custody order at the time she moved said that she needed to let me know and never did - she took out a protection order against me and each time it’s about the expire, I “intimidate” her and it gets reinstated. - she is harassing my wife and got a HRO against her that she is fighting even though she hasn’t actually met my sons mother personally - the volunteering mentioned before is at the school that my son attends (that I was supposed to be included in picking but wasn’t) -we have joint custody, she has sole physical and legal -for child support, I have been ordered to pay for half of his school which is more than $2k a month, and also actual child support, leaving me with less than $1k a month total in personal income. -I had an attorney but due to not being able to afford to pay them, they won’t represent me until I pay that debt down Just looking for options and any advice anyone has
