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    Default Custodial Parent Lives in the Home of a Paid Escort

    My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: Louisiana/Florida

    My situation is a bit strange. I'm looking for any assistance possible. My daughter's father and I separated in January 2013. He resides in Louisiana, and I in Florida. Custody arrangements were made in June of 2013 and the the verdict was joint custody 50/50...meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi (halfway point) every 2 weeks. Since this date, her father has been living with his mother-with no attempt to move & has now been unemployed for 3 months. Along with hearing about his lack of job, I have found that his mother is an escort. A legitimate fancy prostitute, with a website & all. I've tried calling lawyers, police, and even made a report with the child abuse hotline. Everyone seems to blow me off & I'm at a loss. I can't just refuse to meet in Biloxi without him holding me in contempt. And apparently her website is not enough evidence to prove my case if he does so. All the attorneys I have spoken to have suggested I find a private investigator, or just wait it out until our daughter is of school age & they do a reevaluation of the custody agreement. I'm not going to wait 3 years to be able take my daughter out of this environment. And I do not have the thousands of dollars to hire a licensed investigator.
    When talking to the police about my situation, I spoke to a detective who is fully aware of her behavior. He knew her address and car make/model. They told me she requires an extensive background check with references, which is something they are incapable of providing. They were awful, rude, and insensitive to my pleas. I've even emailed the local newspapers & stations for ANY HELP. Anyone?

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    Default Re: Prostitution in Home

    Is she actually bringing clients into her home while the child is there? If not, I don't see it being grounds for anything as the child is not being exposed to gramma's business. If your child is not even of school age, she is likely sleeping when gramma is doing business and not being exposed to it.

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    Default Re: Prostitution in Home

    I've tried calling lawyers, police, and even made a report with the child abuse hotline.
    This might come as a surprise to you, but grandma is not abusing the child simply by engaging in the Oldest Profession.

    If she has "a website &all", she's quite certainly an "out call only" sort of girl, meaning her clients never come home with her. So what "environment" do your fancy your child needs to be removed from? Dad's unemployment has no bearing on custody, and as long as grandma's professional activities take place outside the home, her employment similarly has no bearing.

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    Default Re: Prostitution in Home

    Except for the fact that her website states that she does, and I quote: "in calls at her private home in Metairie". Why do you think I would make the effort to remove her from the environment if it weren't for her own good? The fact that her father knows about his mother's profession in home and allowing it to continue is ridiculous as well. I think prostitution in the home would be child endangerment, no?

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    Default Re: Prostitution in Home

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    Except for the fact that her website states that she does, and I quote: "in calls at her private home in Metairie".
    But what proof do you have that the child is exposed to it? Gramma could be limiting activity when the tot is around or restricting it to after tot's bedtime. No exposure especially if dad is properly supervising tot.

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    Why do you think I would make the effort to remove her from the environment if it weren't for her own good?
    What harm has tot suffered?

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    The fact that her father knows about his mother's profession in home and allowing it to continue is ridiculous as well.
    It's her home. He can't tell her what to do in her own home.

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    I think prostitution in the home would be child endangerment, no?
    Not necessarily.

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    Default Re: Prostitution in Home

    I'm sorry, but having strange men with obvious emotional issues coming in and out of the house my daughter lives is absurd. Who's to say the fellow she's shacking up with in the next room isnt bonkers and decides to kill everyone in the home? I do not want to take that risk. What mother should? No sympathy from anyone on this issue is exhausting. I'm over here, trying to do what I can to raise my daughter the best way possible, and I can't have a clean conscience knowing that what her grandmother is doing is illegal & not safe, and not trying to do anything about it. I'm her mother, and it terrifies me.
    What if it were drugs? What if she was selling drugs out of her house? Would that change the situation? This woman is selling her body, this woman who is supposed to be a positive roll model to my daughter is sleeping with God knows who, and allowing such activity is outrageous. I get it, she's a proustite. Not my business. But it becomes my business when its happing in the next room from my daughter. Am I the only one who sees this as being a bad thing?

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    Thankfully, no harm has been done to my "tot" yet, but I'm trying to eliminate the risk. Like any parent should. It's not like I'm trying to fight for full custody here, her father is just oblivious & being a typical mommy's boy about the situation. I'm just trying to get her out of this situation. With her father's lack of income, he's willingly CHOOSING to live where illegal activities are being performed. No, I have no proof if she is doing these things around my girl. But the fact that it is going on period should put some red flags up, am i right? Its just wrong. Say this was your child. Or your neice. Or your best friends child. Empathize here. I'm just looking for help at trying to resolve this the easiest way possible. I'm not about the unnecessary drama. I just need help.

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    Default Re: Custodial Parent Lives in the Home of a Paid Escort

    You don't appear to have any evidence she is shacking up. She could just be providing companionship. You are assuming she is a prostitute. She might just be a substitute.

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    Default Re: Custodial Parent Lives in the Home of a Paid Escort

    Providing PAID "companionship". Its still an escort service. A website with pictures of herself. A website claiming she does " in-calls" & she provides a "GFE experience" & will fufill any sexual fantasies". Apparently this isn't proof enough. Looks like I'll just have to save money for a private investigator. Thanks for no help, guys.

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    Default Re: Custodial Parent Lives in the Home of a Paid Escort

    You can discuss with your lawyer the evidence you have of grandma's activities, along with your evidence that the child is aware of and/or affected by the activities, and how that information might weigh into a court's evaluation of a motion to modify custody. If you have spoken with multiple lawyers and none of them believe that your evidence is strong enough to convince a court, then it stands to reason that you need to obtain more evidence. I expect that if you ask those lawyers to file a motion based upon the evidence you presently possess, and pay them for their time, they will do so -- the issue being that at present they don't think that's a good use of your money as they apparently don't believe such a motion would succeed.

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