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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so strange. OP says SD wants to move in b/c she doesn't feel comfortable at her mom's new house and everyone jumps to "the step dad is sexually abusing her."  WTF?

First of all, the whole "move in full time" thing doesn't mean she won't ever be going back to mom's house.  It just means they'll more likely switch to an every other weekend type of visitation schedule so it's not like she'll NEVER be in her mom's house again.

Second, mom has to agree to this or dad has to convince the courts that this is best for the child.  If mom's getting child support, she may fight the change tooth and nail.

Third, you have to get to the bottom of what's going on at mom's house that SD doesn't feel comfortable there.  Teens are very self centered and often times only see their own point of view in a given situation.  What's actually happening may be very different that what she says is happening.  This is easily resolved by having a conversation among the adults and also saying to SD "we'd love to have you here but let's get to the bottom of what's going on at your mom's house b/c you'll still be spending time there too and we want to make sure you're comfortable when you see her for visits."

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You know what else is strange? Everything you said had previously been said by other posters upthread. But you act like you are the first to say them. [/quote]

This entire post is people saying the same thing over and over and over again talking about sexual abuse and only one or two sporadic voices of reason mixed in here and there.  I lent my support to the voice of reason side.  Why is this a problem for you?[/quote]

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