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Hello everyone, and thanks for welcoming me on the "introductions" thread. And if this belongs in the Parenting section I'm happy to move it there - however the central topic here is not parenting, it's about protecting my spouse's career. Sorry for starting off with a bit of a heavy topic, but getting input on this question is largely what drew me to this forum/group. So here goes...
As I mentioned in my Intro thread, I was previously married and had 4 kids prior to meeting "Dr. Mrs. Papajohn". Blended families are challenging. Dr. Mrs. has no children of her own, nor parenting experience. Even her siblings are only just now starting to raise kids, so she doesn't even have much anecdotal experience with the challenges of raising kids, especially teenagers. That said she is trying very hard to participate and has been incredibly supportive - given the many challenges my kids have had over the years. One of the most concerning of those challenges has been that my son has struggled with drug abuse and addiction over the past 3-4 years. He's a junior in high school now, but has been kicked out of one school for drug usage, been in trouble for possession of marijuana (with police involvement), and was almost kicked out of his current private school for the same. I'm also aware of some past abuse of Rx medications such as Xanax (I had NO idea how widespread that is among teens these days).
The question / concern is whether any of the legal troubles my son has gotten into or could possibly get into in the future could affect Dr. Mrs.' medical license. The worst case scenario would be if he got into trouble for possession or sale of drugs in our household. I'm sure we should ask this question of an attorney as well, but I'm interested in input from this board, especially anyone who has had troubles of this sort with their kids.
In today's situation - we are engaged and sharing a household. So it would seem there is SOME protection by virtue of the fact that I would take personal and legal responsibility for anything involving my son while he's living with us. However, it is still a shared house with Dr. Mrs' name on the title. In the near future, when we're married, I wonder if any legal trouble my son might get into could affect my wife's ability to practice and hold a medical license.
As I mentioned in my Intro thread, I was previously married and had 4 kids prior to meeting "Dr. Mrs. Papajohn". Blended families are challenging. Dr. Mrs. has no children of her own, nor parenting experience. Even her siblings are only just now starting to raise kids, so she doesn't even have much anecdotal experience with the challenges of raising kids, especially teenagers. That said she is trying very hard to participate and has been incredibly supportive - given the many challenges my kids have had over the years. One of the most concerning of those challenges has been that my son has struggled with drug abuse and addiction over the past 3-4 years. He's a junior in high school now, but has been kicked out of one school for drug usage, been in trouble for possession of marijuana (with police involvement), and was almost kicked out of his current private school for the same. I'm also aware of some past abuse of Rx medications such as Xanax (I had NO idea how widespread that is among teens these days).
The question / concern is whether any of the legal troubles my son has gotten into or could possibly get into in the future could affect Dr. Mrs.' medical license. The worst case scenario would be if he got into trouble for possession or sale of drugs in our household. I'm sure we should ask this question of an attorney as well, but I'm interested in input from this board, especially anyone who has had troubles of this sort with their kids.
In today's situation - we are engaged and sharing a household. So it would seem there is SOME protection by virtue of the fact that I would take personal and legal responsibility for anything involving my son while he's living with us. However, it is still a shared house with Dr. Mrs' name on the title. In the near future, when we're married, I wonder if any legal trouble my son might get into could affect my wife's ability to practice and hold a medical license.
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