my 14 year old daughter wants to move out of her mothers home and in with me and my wife. she has told me on numerous ocassions that she is verbally abused and sometimes physically. Apparently the situation at her home has gotten worse over the past few months. the mother called me up to come and get my daughter, saying she can't stand her anymore and never bonded with her since she was born. i have paid child support since day 1 and i believe the only reason the mother wont let her live with me is because she would lose her support. right now i've had her for 2 weeks while still paying support. my daughter used to be an A B student but because of all the stress at home with her mother some of her grades are failing. can anyone offer me some guidelines on attaining custody of my daughter. thank you from massachusetts.

I'm not sure ehat the laws are in mass but I would go down to where the child support was filed and let them no ASAP that she has been with you for 14 nights in a row and they will adjust your support for that month. And I would file a modification because your daughter is at the age I beleive she can decide were she would like to live.

Your daughter can not decide where she lives. However, the judge will take into concideration what she wants. Sit down with your daughter and write down dates and times of when the abuse happened. Write down as much as she can remember. Make sure you write down that the mother called you to come and get her. Then take it to a lawyer. If you can't afford a lawyer then go to family court and file the papers yourself. You can also file for a court appointed lawyer at the same time. Your daughter will probably be given a law guardian which is a lawyer of her own. The law guardian will go into court for her and tell the judge what she wants. The judge probably won't allow her in the court room. He/She won't want her to see mother and father fighting. But you will need to file in order for her to stay with you. If not the mother could say that she ran away or you took her and didn't allow her to come home. Do all of this asap. Good luck. My prayers are with you and your daughter.

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I'm not sure ehat the laws are in mass but I would go down to where the child support was filed and let them no ASAP that she has been with you for 14 nights in a row and they will adjust your support for that month.
They, meaning CSE, the CP, and the NCP cannot "adjust" anyones CS, period. Only a Judge can do that.

OP needs to file for custody and modification of child support.
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