How do I get out of the Army when I am the sole custodial parent of my child?

I am currently deployed and my exwife is giving up custody of our 5 year old son. I have no one to care for him when this happens. Does anyone have an answer for this?How do I get out of the Army when I am the sole custodial parent of my child?
wow that is a hard one. Can you get a emergency leave or anything like that? or could you get out of the Army for now with a chance to resign. Otherwise you really need to find someone to care for him. How much time do you have before she gives him up? This matters as far as what you should do. I would be talking to your superiors. there has to be some emergency way you can get out at least for now until you can secure someone to watch him. My little sis had to get out of the Air Force when she had her son and somehow she was able to do it. She then went back in once she found someone to be with him, she was Air Force and her husband was Marines and they let her. A lot of this depends on how much time you have. You can email me and ill try to ask her how she did it. If you need to know still.How do I get out of the Army when I am the sole custodial parent of my child?
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best bet is to have this legal custody finalized through a lawyer and then presented to the admin office on your base. worst case they'll let you be with your child until you find someone to care for him until you return.
Find a nice girl and marry her, have her take care of your child.
You can get a chapter out of the Army as a sole parent. If you are the custodial parent and are unable to provide a workable family care plan, that is grounds for discharge in itself. I forget what chapter it is, but it is for sole parents. The characterization of discharge is still honorable.
Good luck on that one. On our base, there have been three families screwed over like this. One is a single mom with three kids sent to Iraq, fortunately HER mom was able to quit her job to watch the kids.


Second family was both mom AND dad sent to Afghanistan, leaving two kids at home with an young college-aged aunt.


Third family was a single mom, her hubby just killed while deployed in Iraq, her two week old breastfeeding baby left with grandma.





I'd get on the phone and talk to your home base about that. I can't remember the name of the office, but surely someone can help. Do you have any family who can take him until you can get it figured out? Sorry about the bit*%26amp; deciding to do it now.
I suggest you go to you unit's law offices and discuss this with them. You may have to put the child into foster care temporailty or assign a guardian until you are released from active duty.

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