Divorced, and custodial parent not parenting.

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I have been divorced for 2 years now. I am remarried and have 2 little girls. My ex wife has custodial and I am the non cusodial parent. I have my girls 3 days and 1 night a week. I pay 580 dollars a month in child support, but I keep them almost half of the time. My ex wife does not take care of the girls properly. We pick them up from her house or daycare and they have on dirty clothes, socks are nasty. They smell bad, and their hair is a mess. We clean them up on our visitation, but the next week they are exactly the same. My ex wife does not want to go by the decree half of the time. She likes to use the children as a controlling device towards me. She goes to college and works, and basically has no time to take care of the girls. They spend all of there time when they are with her at daycare or with a babysitter. In the state of Oklahoma the women usually always get the children is there something I can do. I just want my girls taken care of properly. I told her that she needs to take time out of her day to take care of the girls, but she just wants to argue. Talking can never get done with her. Its frustrating having the contant feeling that your kids are not being taken care of and there is nothing you can do about it. My wife now is the best mother a child can ask for. My girls love her, and that is what they need.

File for physical custody of the children, citing the reasons (be sure to back up with documented proof) of the allegations set forth here.

At the very least, if you have them pretty much 4 days a week, your child support should not be that high. Ask for a modification based on the time you have them in your physical custody.