Need advise fast!!

There's only one dumb question Ridgeline; the one you don't ask.

I'm sure there are. But none of them will hire a recent grad with no experience. I spent two weeks knocking on doors and forwarding resumes to every possible online job posting I saw, and either heard nothing back, or was told "sorry" every single time. I even got rejected for a Class B local job driving a 26' box truck that I applied to, because I don't have at least 1 year "commercial vehicle driving" experience.

 

It's a complicated legal issue.

In Florida, a step-parent cannot be given legal or "custodial" responsibility for a child, in the absence of the child's custodial parent, without that step-parent adopting his/her step-child. The only way for a step-parent to adopt a step-child when the child's non-custodial parent is either alive, or has not had his/her parental rights revoked, is for the non-custodial parent to consent to the adoption. To revoke parental rights, a parent must prove that revoking the other parent's rights is in the best interest of the child, by either proving the other parent has a history of substance abuse, mental instability, is a threat to him/herself, or has been imprisoned, AND it would involve a very long, dragged out, and highly expensive court battle.

 

Thanks for your advise CT. FBE hired me a week after I graduated. In fact they told me to come work for them the day before I started school. But I still would have had to go OTR and I don't care for teams, or fingerprinting hundredths of boxes. Armellini's training for inexperienced drivers is 12 weeks long and 5 of those you're a 3rd seater in a truck that's already a bit small for two guys. FBE thought I could do a local route they were hiring for when I talked to them, but at the 11th hour they decided against it. Besides that job only paid $11.00 per hour.

I already got the job with Schneider. Start date is April 6. And yesterday I received the Court's Order granting my relocation, so I'll be on my way within a few days.

My main concern was not whether to go with Schneider or Werner, but whether one would have been more convenient to keep a family balance than the other.

Your opinion and that of the others who have responded to my inquiry has been well received and I thank all of you for it. Those opinions served to reinforce my gut feeling that Schneider was the way to go.

Now, all I have to overcome is my wife, and my step-kids, whom I love dearly, accepting I'll only be home a week every other month or so for the next 6 months to a year.

 

Of course not. Then again, what you're mentioning are reasonay short periods of time and the law makes allowance for that. It's the extended periods of time (like 3 weeks or so) that can get both my wife and me in trouble.

Nothing in my background; not even tickets or accidents in 15 years.

 

I intend to pick up that first load. Thanks for the heads up. If there's something I'm not, is shy. I have no problem asking for work. I'll look into the forum as often as possible.

Thanks.