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HELP!My ex-wife got arrested 1300 miles away and my kids are in foster home.
I desparately need advice!
My ex-wife has successfully prevented my visitation for 7 years by hopping around Michigan and falsley alleging abuse. She has always alleged indifference on my part. In the meantime she's had 3 more children (a total of 5 children with at least 4 different fathers) and needs to be psychologicaly evaluated. She has had no regard for court ordered visitation and has always believed that judges' decision did not apply to her. One of the other fathers was somewhat more successful than me in obtaining enforcement. My experience has alway been negative with the family court system in MI. She ran away to Colorado last year (without my knowlege) and didn't return to Michigan as ordered. I recieved a call Friday (10/31/03) from CO informing me that she's in jail for parental kidnapping and violating the judges orders in her latest custody battle and my little girls have been placed in a foster home. The custody of 2 of the other 3 children will go to their father, the complaintant in that case and my girls are going to remain. Her mother in Co will likely put up some kind of fight to keep them there. What are her chances. Anybody know anything about interstate custody. Please respond. Al Ball |
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HELP!My ex-wife got arrested 1300 miles away and my kids are in foster home.
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HELP!My ex-wife got arrested 1300 miles away and my kids are in foster home.
You need to get an attorney immediately, have him file an emergency order
with the judge granting you temporary full custody. Take the order and get your butt out to CO immediately to pick up the kids. Drive time to Co is about 22 hrs. I would suggest a nice rental car with unlimited mileage. Had to do a very very similar thing going to Ca. from MI a few years ago. Do it Immediately. If you don't already have one, you need to contact the Mich. branch of National Congress for Men and Children, or Fathers for Equal Rights for a referral of an attorney. Do it NOW!!!! Email me privately if you'd like "Al Ball" wrote in message om... I desparately need advice! My ex-wife has successfully prevented my visitation for 7 years by hopping around Michigan and falsley alleging abuse. She has always alleged indifference on my part. In the meantime she's had 3 more children (a total of 5 children with at least 4 different fathers) and needs to be psychologicaly evaluated. She has had no regard for court ordered visitation and has always believed that judges' decision did not apply to her. One of the other fathers was somewhat more successful than me in obtaining enforcement. My experience has alway been negative with the family court system in MI. She ran away to Colorado last year (without my knowlege) and didn't return to Michigan as ordered. I recieved a call Friday (10/31/03) from CO informing me that she's in jail for parental kidnapping and violating the judges orders in her latest custody battle and my little girls have been placed in a foster home. The custody of 2 of the other 3 children will go to their father, the complaintant in that case and my girls are going to remain. Her mother in Co will likely put up some kind of fight to keep them there. What are her chances. Anybody know anything about interstate custody. Please respond. Al Ball |
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HELP!My ex-wife got arrested 1300 miles away and my kids are in foster home.
I have temporary full custody of my kids. It has cost me everything from a
material perspective but the kids are safe - and alive. Their mom may get better in the future but for now the kids are safe. I would suggest you drop everything and do what you need to do to get your kids. Mike "Al Ball" wrote in message om... I desparately need advice! My ex-wife has successfully prevented my visitation for 7 years by hopping around Michigan and falsley alleging abuse. She has always alleged indifference on my part. In the meantime she's had 3 more children (a total of 5 children with at least 4 different fathers) and needs to be psychologicaly evaluated. She has had no regard for court ordered visitation and has always believed that judges' decision did not apply to her. One of the other fathers was somewhat more successful than me in obtaining enforcement. My experience has alway been negative with the family court system in MI. She ran away to Colorado last year (without my knowlege) and didn't return to Michigan as ordered. I recieved a call Friday (10/31/03) from CO informing me that she's in jail for parental kidnapping and violating the judges orders in her latest custody battle and my little girls have been placed in a foster home. The custody of 2 of the other 3 children will go to their father, the complaintant in that case and my girls are going to remain. Her mother in Co will likely put up some kind of fight to keep them there. What are her chances. Anybody know anything about interstate custody. Please respond. Al Ball |
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HELP!My ex-wife got arrested 1300 miles away and my kids are in foster home.
Get a lawyer and go get those kids no matter what. Who knows what kind of
people your kids are with right now??? I only hope you don't get this message because you already left to get them. T Al Ball wrote in message om... I desparately need advice! My ex-wife has successfully prevented my visitation for 7 years by hopping around Michigan and falsley alleging abuse. She has always alleged indifference on my part. In the meantime she's had 3 more children (a total of 5 children with at least 4 different fathers) and needs to be psychologicaly evaluated. She has had no regard for court ordered visitation and has always believed that judges' decision did not apply to her. One of the other fathers was somewhat more successful than me in obtaining enforcement. My experience has alway been negative with the family court system in MI. She ran away to Colorado last year (without my knowlege) and didn't return to Michigan as ordered. I recieved a call Friday (10/31/03) from CO informing me that she's in jail for parental kidnapping and violating the judges orders in her latest custody battle and my little girls have been placed in a foster home. The custody of 2 of the other 3 children will go to their father, the complaintant in that case and my girls are going to remain. Her mother in Co will likely put up some kind of fight to keep them there. What are her chances. Anybody know anything about interstate custody. Please respond. Al Ball |
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HELP!My ex-wife got arrested 1300 miles away and my kids are in foster home.
Been there, done that. Since your daughters are in foster care, CPS is
involved. I assume it was CPS in Colorado that contacted you. Grit your teeth, this is gonna take awhile. There's something called an "Interstate Compact" which allows CPS in one state to do investigations on behalf of CPS in another state. See if they'll set you up for that. Then you can work with your local CPS people instead of having to practically live in Colorado. They'll do a "home study" in which they come to your house, interview you and anybody else that lives with you, they'll ask for and talk to references, check your criminal and credit background, ask for paycheck stubs, past IRS forms, etc., etc., etc. During this process, ask for visitation - you'll probably have to go to Colorado for this, or at least foot the airline bill if your kids are old enough to travel by themselves. It's frustrating and will take a lot of time. In my case, the home study took almost 6 months, and I was allowed monthly visitation (supervised at CPS in Idaho initially). Toward the end of the six months, I was on good terms with the foster family, and could write and phone. When the home study was "nearly" complete, they approved an "extended" visit, where my daughter came to Texas. During the time she was here, the home study was completed, placement with me was recommended, and CPS got their noses out of my life. Six months later, I petitioned the court in Idaho for full custody, and it was granted. Email me at rbemis at swbell dot net if you want to talk more. -Ron "Al Ball" wrote in message om... I desparately need advice! My ex-wife has successfully prevented my visitation for 7 years by hopping around Michigan and falsley alleging abuse. She has always alleged indifference on my part. In the meantime she's had 3 more children (a total of 5 children with at least 4 different fathers) and needs to be psychologicaly evaluated. She has had no regard for court ordered visitation and has always believed that judges' decision did not apply to her. One of the other fathers was somewhat more successful than me in obtaining enforcement. My experience has alway been negative with the family court system in MI. She ran away to Colorado last year (without my knowlege) and didn't return to Michigan as ordered. I recieved a call Friday (10/31/03) from CO informing me that she's in jail for parental kidnapping and violating the judges orders in her latest custody battle and my little girls have been placed in a foster home. The custody of 2 of the other 3 children will go to their father, the complaintant in that case and my girls are going to remain. Her mother in Co will likely put up some kind of fight to keep them there. What are her chances. Anybody know anything about interstate custody. Please respond. Al Ball |
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