Household smokes cigarretts
My daughter's father has primary placement. Both he and his mother smoke alot. Her health is suffering because of this. Is there anything I can do?
He has primary placement because I worked and he didn't.
Asked on 1/17/99, 11:03 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Jes Beard
Jes Beard, Attorney at Law
Re: Household smokes cigarretts
I'm only licensed in Tennessee, and not in your state, but generally speaking you must establish that a child is being abused or neglected and that leaving the child with the parent poses a substantial risk of substantial harm before you can get a court to interfere in the way natural parents are raising a child.
For more information on the criteria considered in child custody, and for the consideration of smoking as a factor, take a lokk at my website at
http://www2.pair.com/cba/jesbeard/index.htm
and to specifically look at the use of smoking as a factor, look at the link at http://www2.pair.com/cba/jesbeard/6c.htm
Jes Beard
Jes Beard, Attorney at Law
737 Market St., Suite 601
Answered on 2/02/99, 11:28 am
