Do you understand that a temporary order is only that?
Temporary?
Expect Dad to fight this tooth and nail.
Do you understand that a temporary order is only that?
Temporary?
Expect Dad to fight this tooth and nail.
Hi, I am sorry this happened to you. I, too, had my daughter kidnapped BUT I even had court papers - granting me sole physical custody, and my ex only recently was released of supervised visits. I couldn't do anything. No one helped me - especially the police. NO ONE ENFORCED MY COURT ORDER. My ex, according to cops, needed to file an exparte motion for emergency custody, never did for 21 days! They at first said if he didn't they would get my daughter, never did. Don't believe anyone about anything until you have a permanant order and ppo.
BTW - from the way it sounds, your ex can't afford to fight you. And you should expect to win from what I read. I would not hand out this advice if I had not experienced a similar situation. No matter what, don't settle. Make sure your son is safe.
I understand that there are lawyers on here that just prefer to argue law instead of what is right and what is in the best interest of a child. Even with no court order, how is it EVER in the best interest of a child for a father that hasn't seen his child in 5 months to come into a home that he hasn't lived in for 2.5 years, snatch a child, and hold him in the front seat of a get away car without having any of the Childs many life saving medicines and then not take him to school or even call him in sick. Father might fight tooth and nail, but with both of his sisters and 4 of his nieces testifying that he is a drug addict and they have stopped him from driving under the influence with child, the father weighing only 90lbs from amphetamine addiction and looking 90 years old, well...he will have to pull out something from his hat. Oh, did I forget to mention his traumatic brain injury in which he has an iq of mentally retarded and never retook the driving test. All I was doing was looking for some advice on how to protect my child and I feel as though dogmatique is just on the defense side with no advice. I mustve been mistaken when I assumed this was a law advice forum. Trust me, it is in the best interest of my son to have two loving responsible parents, but I cannot force him into rehab, instead all of us have to watch him kill himself slowly and until you have been in this situation, you will never understand how devastating that is to feel so helpless. I hate the drugs, not my husband, but I have to protect this child first and foremost.
Thanks karmic. I will stay on top of this through the final orders.
Lady, I've actually lost both a husband and a child, so please, don't you sit there and tell me what I do and don't understand.
I feel for your child, and I'm sorry you don't understand the legalities.
This is NOT an emotional support forum - and if you think it's rough here, you're going to have a shock coming to you in court.
I am very sorry for your losses, but I stand by that you haven't given one piece of legal advice as it all seems negative comments geared towards me. Maybe someone else can tell me where you contributed to me in a positive demeanor...maybe I'm too emotional right now to see it. If you need to see any type of proof that this isn't your typical spouses hate each other, check out my postings on the health boards dating back to 2006 when I was trying to help my husband get off of the drugs. He used to just be an opiate and benzo junkie, but is now abusing amphetamines. Here is a link to my story and you can search my same cincin5000 for the older posts.
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/s...ght=Cincin5000
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/s...ght=Cincin5000
I paid an attorney $5000 who used up all of my money and was supposed to help me with all of the legalities, but filed NOTHING in 5 months, so I hope you understand my frustration when I am looking for advice on how to protect my son and you seem to have negative comments towards me without contributing anything that could be helpful in protecting my son.
I've gone over this thread several times and truly, the only "negative" I (and several others) have seen is that I didn't tell you what you want to hear.
Please feel free to consult a local attorney ASAP.