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Can a mother force a father to stay with kids if he is homeless?

I have a family member that is homeless he is staying with me at the time but he is just staying here to sleep nothing else. His wife called today saying that he has to stay with the kids on weekends, i told her that they cant stay here as he is sleeping on the sofa and she still wants the kids to stay here and sleep on strollers. Im helping him by letting him to stay here but i cant afford or put their kids to sleep on a stroller. She said she don't care and was going to court for the to stay here on weekends. Why the court will force me to stay with kids that are not mine? and why would she remove the kids from their beds to sleep on strollers? He is in the prosses to start a new job and finding a place to stay and rent. but she keeps making him to loose all jobs he finds and then treat to go to court.

Update:

Also he has asked her to see the kids and she always say the only way for him to see them is to give her money, i do understand that he has to pay child support but.... how can he do this when she makes him loose his jobs. Now she wants him for him to stay with the kids on the weekend. I have told him that he can bring them here durring the day and go play with them on the park and all but she don't want that.

Update 2:

The kids are 1 year old and the other is 4 year old

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  • .
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    No, she can't force him to keep the kids at your place...

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    What are the ages of the children? The court would never force any child to go or stay where conditions are not favorable for them to live or visit especially when they are not your children. Times are tough these days, and needs time to get back on his feet.. she needs to understand this. If she does go to court it would be in his best interest to bring evidence of his living arrangements, witnesses who can attest to the situation, written statements, pictures, anything to prove his situation. A judge will not put a child in a situation where it cannot be cared for properly..especially if that parent is homeless.. she needs to back off and give him time to do what he needs to do to get back on his feet, no matter how long it takes... Good Luck

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    SHE cant force him or you to do anything!!!! And she can go to court all she wants, its your home and as long as you both explain that this is a temporary stay, no judge is going to force the kids to come stay there.

    However! As a father, he should be spending time with him outside of your home at least taking them to the park, for ice cream etc...He can still bond with them even if its not a over night visit.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    That's the point the mother don't care ?

    She just wants rid of them for the weekend

    The court will not enforce this so don't worry

    Talk about kick a guy when he is down ?

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    that's no longer straightforward to resent her once you've been no longer in her shoes. She appears like a devoted, demanding operating woman and obviously develop into attempting to maintain her kin jointly at the same time as her husband would not tow the line. My pal develop into married to an alcoholic, abusive (verbally and bodily), manipulative woman. He tried to go away her 9 years in the past, yet she had acquaintances, acquaintances, coworkers all wrapped round her finger. The decide even threw out both affidavits - my pal's, written with the help of him and his spouse's counselor, and the spouse's written with the help of her COUSIN who also occurs to be a psychologist yet my pal had not in any respect even spoken too. The decide merely pronounced it develop into one be conscious adversarial to the different!!! there develop into of challenge this woman would get custody of their 2 small sons (she denied the abuse and alcoholism), and he ought to no longer let that take position, so he dropped the case and lived miserably which includes her for yet another 5 years. ultimately he offered a organisation 2 hours away and rather of dealing with the completed divorce back, vowed to stay till his little ones were previous adequate to be on their lonesome, and then he would try back. Over the period of their 22 years of marriage, she referred to as persistently, stalked him, informed him on a familiar foundation what a worthless b@stard he's...yet once there develop into something she needed, or he threatened to go away, all of surprising it develop into, "i recognize you, i would like you, i will do something to get you back." even even with the truth that this stuff aren't any more making experience, determined situations do call for determined measures. Your mom would have extremely loved him. She would have extremely had to artwork it out. She would were afraid what would take position to her if she develop into on her own. a lot and many issues. You pronounced he develop into condescending and insulting to her...he probable tore her down so she had no self esteem left. in case you need to be resenting each person, it really is going to be your father. yet regardless of this, why resent each person? Why let it have anymore detrimental result on you than it already has?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No she can't.The woman sounds very mean though.

    You should tell her that you don't know where he is.(make believe that is)

    Kids can't sleep in strllers too bad he doesn't take her to court and have her

    lose the kids and have her also pay child support for them.Good Luck!

  • Lynn V
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    The courts can't force you to take in his kids, and they won't insist on him having them when he has no residence. She isn't at all interested in her children or she would have him come to where the children are. She just wants her free time to party without the kids underfoot. Tell her to have him come there, or to go pound sand.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think your family member needs to get off his a55 and take care of the children he's made.

    I think she has a right to ensure he does this.

    I think you have a right to tell him it's not gonna work at your place.

  • 1 decade ago

    Wow, what a horrible mother!

    They will not let that happen, so don't worry

  • 1 decade ago

    this is not your issue, but his with his children..his responsibility to take care of his children..

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