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Custody Help Please
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: NEW YORK
MY SON WAS 10 WHEN I GOT HIM ...HE IS 12 NOW
ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF TRYING TO TRACK DOWN WHERE MY
SON WAS LIVING AND ALWAYS BEING 2 PLACES BEHIND HIM AND HIS MOTHER BECAUSE THEY
WOULD MOVE EVERY OTHER MONTH, I SAW THEM WALKING DOWN THE ROAD AND INTRODUCED MYSELF TO
HIM AND TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE YOU. HIS MOTHER THAT WEEKEND LET HIM COME
TO MY HOUSE.THE VISITS CONTINUED FOR 3 MORE MONTHS (AGAIN THEY MOVED TWICE IN THE 3 MONTHS ALSO).
THEN I GOT A CALL FROM MY SONS MOTHER SAYING TO COME PICK MY SON UP "I CANT TAKE HIS
CRAP ANYMORE, I HAVE NO MONEY, NO PLACE TO LIVE AND CAN HE STAY WITH YOU FOR A WEEK
UNTIL I GET A JOB AND A PLACE" THE WEEK CAME AND GONE..AND TURNED INTO MONTHS WITH
NO WORD SO I WENT TO FAMILY COURT AND SHE SHOWED UP AND THE COURT AWARDED ME CUSTODY.
iTS BEEN A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS SIENCE GETTING CUSTODY OF HIM AND I HAVE BROUGHT HIM
TO SEE HIS MOTHER ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEKEND UNTIL LAST MONTH WHEN HIS MOTHER WANTED
ME TO GIVECUSTODY OF MY SON TO HER PARENTS, AND I SAID NO WAY....SO SHE CALLED CPS AND TOLD THEM I WAS ABUSING HIM, CPS DID A INVESTIGATION AND TALKED TO MY SON AND EVERTHING WAS FINE.
THEN I RECIEVED A COURT SUMMONS FOR FAMILY COURT THAT HER MOTHER/FATHER WAS TAKING ME
FOR CUSTODY OF MY SON, I DONT WANT TO LOOSE CUSTODY BECAUSE HIS MOTHER AND GRANDPARENTS
ARE GANGING UP ON ME.I WAS VERY ENCOURAGING SENDING MY SON TO SEE HIS MOTHER/GRANDPARENTS
EVERY OTHER WEEKEND BUT NOW I AM CONCERNED, HE HAS TO SEE A LAW GAURDIAN NEXT WEEK AND
I AM AFRAID THAT IF HE GOES THERE THEY WILL PUT THINGS INTO HIS HEAD. I ASKED MY SON WHERE
HE WOULD RATHER LIVE AND HE SAID WITH ME...BUT HE ALSO TOLD ME HE SAID THAT TO HIS
GRANDPARENTS THAT HE WOULD RATHER LIVE WITH THEM ONCE BEFORE WHEN I GROUNDED HIM.
HIS MOTHER STILL IS LIVING WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE, DOSNT WORK, DOSENT HAVE A DRIVERS LISCENSE
CAR...ECT. HAS OTHER CHILD LIVING WITH FATHER, AND 1 CHILD LIVING WITH HER STILL.
HIS GRANDPARENTS BOTH WORK AND HAVE A GOOD INCOME AND HAVE A DOUBLEWIDE THE PAY FOR .
I AM MARRIED, OWN MY OWN HOME (FREE AND CLEAR) DISABLED AND ON SOCIAL SECURITY, HAVE CAR,
EDUCATION ECT.
I REALISE MY SON SPENT 10 YEARS OF HIS LIFE WITH HIS MOTHER AND WOULD LOVE TO BE WITH HER
BUT HE KNOWS THATS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF HER SITUATION, BUT I BELEIVE THAT THE GRANDPARENTS
ARE JUST TRYING TO GET CUSTODY BASICLY FOR HER, AND THAT THE CALL TO CPS WAS ONLY MADE SO THEY
WOULD HAVE CAUSE IN FILING FOR CUSTODY...ALSO THIS ALL HAPPEND AFTER SOCIAL SERVICES FILED FOR
CHILD SUPPORT AGINST HER.... IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET HER OUT OF PAYING SUPPORT
BY GETTING CUSTODY.
WHILE LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER AND SEVERAL GUYS IN A HOUSE MY SON WAS MOLESTED, (I JUST FOUND THIS OUT AND REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE RECENTY BECAUSE HIS MOTHER DIDDNT WANT TO PERSUE IT BECAUSE IT WAS HER BOYFRIENDS FATHER.
UPDATE: ISENT HIM FOR VISITATION ANYWAYS....I PUT A HIDDEN RECORDER IN HIS BOOKBAG (DONT KNOW IF IT LEGAL OR NOT BUT...) WHEN HE FIRST GOT THERE HE TOLD HIS MOTHER AND GRNDPARENTS THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND HE HAD LOTS OF FRIENS AND WANTED TO STAY WHERE HE IS...WITH ME.... WELL HIS MOTHER AND GRANDPARENTS SAID WE WILL JUST DROP THE CASE THEN.....HIS MOTHER SAID BULL.$#$% AND THEY ARGUES FOR A FEW AND THE GRANDPARENTS LEFT SAYING ILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU GUYS (HIS MOTHER & BOYFRIEND) TO TALK TO HIM THEN.
AFTER THE GRANDPARENTS LEFT THE MOTHER SAID TO HIM AND HIS 1/2 BROTHER WHY DONT YOU GO OVER TO DIANES (A FRIENDS) AND SEE IF YOU CAN CRASH THERE TONIGHT. HE COME BACK 20 MIN LATER AND SAID SHE SAID NOT TONIGHT BUT THEN HE WENT BACK AND DIDDNT RETURN UNTILL 9:45 PM AT NIGHT.......THIS PLACE IS LIKE AMILE UP THE ROAD AND BESIDES THIS VISITATION TIME SUPPOSING TO BE FOR HER AND HIM TO BOND THATS NOT THE CASE OBVIOUSLY IF SHE WAS WILLING TO SEND HIM SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THE NIGHT...LET ALONE NOT HAVING HIM HOME AT A REASONABLE TIME FOR A 12YR OLD......ALSO I HAVE HER AND HER BOYFRIEND COACHING HIM ON WHAT TO SAY TO THE LAW GAURDIAN....IF THIS TAPE CANNOT BE USED ALL THIS IS GOING TO HURN ME, I SURE HOPE THE LAW GAURDIAN SEE'S BOTH SIDES HERE.
SIGNED
HELP!!!
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Re: Custody Help Please
Turn off the caps-lock. It makes it very difficult to read what you post.
Are we to understand that you have custody due to the mother's bad circumstances, but her parents are trying to take custody from you? Or is it that they have custody, and you wish to take custody from them?
If they have custody, is that pursuant to a court order? Granting them guardianship? What does the order say about how and when you might gain or regain custody?
Do you have a lawyer?