Can husband take our kids on overnight trip with his new girlfriend?
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Can husband take our kids on overnight trip with his new girlfriend?
My husband sprung separation on me a month ago. We are still in the same apartment; I will be moving at the end of the month. He has known a girl only 2 weeks and is planning on moving in with her. The first weekend that he has the kids, he wants to take them on an overnight trip to the beach with his girlfriend. I asked that he wait a few months to introduce them. Do I have any legal right to ask this?
Asked on August 17, 2011 North Carolina
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You do not have a legal right to ask this until you get a court order preventing him from so doing. My suggestion is to immediately seek counsel and move now. Do not wait until the end of the month. Get a legal separation and have a temporary restraining order motion filed immediately to prevent him from introducing the children to someone new and to prevent him from taking the children on an overnight. Start investigating and researching this woman and if you find anything particularly curious or scary about her, place that in your motion so the court understands you are trying to protect your children.
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