== == The important word here is PRIMARY, which means MOST of the time. The other party has "secondary " custody, which means SOME of the time. Remember that being divorced doesn't mean that the other party looses their rights to see the kids. The other person is still a Parent to those children, right?
The mother can still have sole legal and physical custody when the father is awarded visitations. Custody and visitations are separate matters. The mother would be required to obey the visitation schedule.
Yes, until/unless the courts grant primary legal custody and terminate support.
If you have primary custody you rule the child's life. You're the parent in charge but the other parent may still be entitled visitation.
Most states lean toward Joint Legal Custody with primary residential custody
If you live in the US... Yes, Dad still has custody, unless he has voluntarily given legal custody to someone else or the court has awarded legal custody to someone else (normally only happens in cases where the parent has been proven to be unfit).
No! Kidnapping involves other elements that make it a crime. The events described above mean a contempt of court, violation of custody agreement etc.
That's interpretive as there are four levels of custody. Sole Custody Joint Legal with Primary Residential Joint Physical Custody Bird Nest Custody Fathers with primary or sole custody runs 15%. Joint physical custody runs 25% Mother with primary or sole custody is 60% But, single mothers have sole custody by default in 100% of the cases until ruled on otherwise by the courts. Also, attorneys tell fathers not to try for custody as they don't win, and most attorneys that do try are not fully capable of representing fathers, so the mothers win. In the cases where fathers do challenge for custody, 60% of them will be accused of child sexual abuse as a tactic by the mother to prevent him getting it, but even when successful, they can still lose as 30% of them learn they are not the father of one or more of the children. If he does win custody, he can than be accused of domestic violence committed some time in the previous 12 months, as which point an injunction stops him from getting the child until he can prove himself innocent. If he does prove himself innocent, or it was found that he defended himself when she attacked him, then he cannot have custody because that's still considered domestic violence against the mother.
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No, not if your mother has sole physical custody. If there is a joint custody arrangement, you'd still need the cooperation of both parents to make it happen.
Yes, if he has physical custody of your child.
Not if you have it by court order, but this is a major failing in fathers when the mother runs off. They don't get a custody or child support order.They fully expect mom to come back, than even when they do move on, they still don't get an order. This is particularly bad for single fathers, because without a court order, they legally have no assume rights to the children (see link). For marred men, the mother comes back, ask for visitation, which he gives freely. She gets possession of the children, than files for custody. He's left with an expensive custody challenge, especially if she claims she left because he was abusive.
If it's ordered by the court, yes.