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How can I get my kids that are endangered with their mom that is married to a sex offender and my ki

Found out her husband is a sex offender she's always leaving the kids unintended at home and eight and seven years old their brother is a gang member with pants hanging down to his knees around my little girls I'll pay support to my kids since they was born and now her husband wants to leave her she wants more money for me

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The best thing you can do if you are seriously interested in changing your children's situation is to sit down with an experienced family law attorney and discuss the details and a strategy. Of particular importance is that it sounds like your current involvement with the children may be less than an equal arrangement. Addressing why that happened will be as important as showing the court that the children's current situation is harmful to them. As noted, if the "sex offender" is actually leaving, the time to complain about him may have passed. You need to convince the court that the current situation is dangerous for the children, that they will be better off spending more time in your household, and that a fear of paying more child support is not the sole reason that you are raising these issues at this time. A good attorney can help you navigate doing that.

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Your concerns about their safety around a sex offender are certainly valid, but the last sentence suggests that he may be leaving. If he does, it seems like the issue might be moot, though you'll want to diligently monitor things moving forward (in case of reconciliation, especially). Regarding the brother, you'd need to prove gang affiliation and a nexus to the children, meaning how his choices affect the children. As a parent, this may seem silly because it's obvious, right? But not to the courts. There needs to be a provable (and non-remote/hypothetical) threat to the children.

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