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We have a child cusody arangement that was put in place prior to our son starting school and before I got remaried and had more children. The arangement is very generous to my ex and regularly takes advantage of this while refusing to give to help our family out. We are currently driving to the next town to meet him (about 35 miles) This is the midway point between. The cost to drive for visitation is more than the child support he pays and he regularly misses the scheduled time, often by hours. We spend nearly all day Sunday waiting for him to get around to bringing our son to meet us. He also has had so many DUI's that he is no longer able to get a license in this or any state so he has no reliable transportation of his own to make the drops. What can we do to amend our agreement and shift the full responsibility of transportation to him so we no longer have to inconvenience our entire family for his sake.
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You can find D-I-Y forms for child custody modification on the Oregon Courts website under "forms." IN Oregon, you must show that there has been "changed circumstances and a showing that the modification is in the best interests of the child such as would support modification of a sole custody order." One such change is that your child has reached school age, which may impact the visitation schedule. Another is your former husband's DUIs, if they are relatively recent. If he moved to the town that's 35 miles away after the entry of your first custody order, that should also quaility as a changed circumstance. Although hiring an Oregon family law attorney would be best, it's certainly possible to successfully bring a motion to modify custody without one, especially if your former spouse doesn't have the money to hire an attorney.
Cathy Naugle, Idaho Attorney at merrisnaugle.com
Answered on Mar 07th, 2016 at 8:04 AM