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Question: How old do I have to be to choose who I live with?

Answer: The judge makes the final decision in custody cases. Sometimes the judge will ask to talk to the kids and sometimes the parents request that the judge talk to the children involved. Usually, if a judge decides that a child should live with just one parent, the judge will order visits with the other parent.


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On 07/17/07
nick from MI said:
my parents are getting a divorce and i want to live with my dad but my mom dosenst want me to and she says my dad has a drinking problem and i love my dad more because im just to much like him and my mom says i would get away with murrder and i run all over town and she thinks im some sort of renigade now.
On 07/03/07
Patric from MO said:
I want to live with my dad but my mom wont allow it and i live with my mom right now i cant ask her either or shell call the cops on my dad for kiddnape some help!!!!!!!!!
On 07/02/07
Mariss from WA said:
2 years ago my mom gave me and my brother to my dad. But now i want to live with my mom. And my mom wants to take coustody of me. Am i alound to choose where i want to live cause i am 13 or am i hopeless.
On 06/24/07
paige from TX said:
I've been wondering cause I live with my dad and my mom died when i was 11 and my aunt wants to take custody of me and I wanna know is that possible to live with her?
On 06/20/07
Rich from PA said:
My parents have been seperated for almost three years now. I live with my mom. I did live with my dad but things didn't work out because he had found a girlfriend, which is now more of a mother to me than my real mother is. Am I old enough to choose who I want to live with?
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