I'm a 17 year old child that really wants to have a custody change from mother to father. Based on the fact that my father makes me feel more wanted, how would I go about initiating a parent custody switch?Child Custody switch?Usually if you're over the age of 12 and you want a custody change, all you have to do is tell your parents and go. If you're 17 there's nothing your mom can do unless she can somehow prove that your dad's is a unsafe environment. I would talk to both your mother and your father individually and hopefully you can all agree that this is the best thing for you.Child Custody switch?just pack your stuff and go when moms gone there is nothing she can do about itChild Custody switch?You will have to tell your father and he should get the legal steps in motion. It should not to be too difficult because you are 17 and the courts will generally let you choose. Good luck!Child Custody switch?Your father will have to go to court and file for it.You are old enough to contest your mothers wishes if she wants to keep you in her custody.Child Custody switch?Do you really want to hurt your mother in such a big way less than a year before you reach the age where it won't matter? Something like that would hurt your Mother for the rest of her life -
Short of physical abuse or excessive neglect, you shouldn't do this thing.
Try to think of your Mom as a person - even if you both don't get along. Someday you will have a boss you don't like and there will be nothing you can do about it. Unlike a boss - this is the only mother you'll ever have and hurting her could be something you'd regret in a few years.
