If my child wants to live with me, does the court care?

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If my child wants to live with me, does the court care?

Steven Prager

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Well, so what you're talking about now is Family Code 3042, and Family Code 3042 will take the child's preference into consideration as long as they're 14 years of age and they have the intelligence and the maturity that the court finds is necessary to be able to communicate such a preference. Now, there's nothing in the code section that says the court...

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