I currently have a fourteen year who no longer wants to go and stay and his dads house we have an vebal agreement of 40

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Customer: I currently have a fourteen year who no longer wants to go and stay and his dads house we have an vebal agreement of 40 60 split.
JA: Who currently has legal custody?
Customer: no one
JA: Is there a child custody order in place?
Customer: no
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Customer: he is stating mental abuse and drug and alcohol use in the house
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Hi My name is ***** ***** I am a New Zealand lawyer based in Wellington with more than 42 years of experience. I am here to help with your questions.
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If there is no court order or parenting agreement in place, and then the boy can simply choose not to go to his father‘s home. What might be a good idea is to drive for the family mediation, which would set into place a parenting agreement which settles the issue. If you think the mediation is a possibility, I can give you more details about how to put this into place

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