I am new here and have been reading and decided to register and ask a few questions. Let me also say that I think this forum is a great place for people to get advice from others in the same or that have been through the same situation.
I am on here asking some questions to help my family. I will explain the situation and would really appreciate any advice that any of you may have for me.
My nephew and his wife have been living together for 9 years but only married a very short time. They have 3 children during this relationship. A son age 7 and two daughters age 5,and 4.
The son aged 7 has lived with my parents(the childs great grandparents) ever since he was born. My nephew and his wife were young and lived with my parents when the oldest two children were born and up until the third child was born. At that time my parents(the childrens great grandparents) owned another home next door that they provided for my nephew and his family to move into. The oldest child(boy) never moved out with his parents.
He continued to live in the home of the great grandparents. My nephews wife left him at home on 3-22-07 and asked that the great grandfather take her to school to sign the two girls in because they overslept. The great grandfather had already taken the oldest child that lived with him to school on time that day.
My nephews wife then went into the school and told them she had been abused a week earlier on 3-16-07. My nephew was arrested and taken to jail and she took the kids from school and left with them. She has went to another state where her mother now lives and we haven't had any contact with her or the children since. We obtained the childrens school records and it shows where the were transfered to. We have called her mothers house several times and asked if she has heard from them and that we wanted to know they were ok. She continues to say she has only talked to them once and they said they were ok and she don't know where they are. You could hear the children in the background asking for the phone but she says she don't know where they are.
Can anyone tell me if there is anything that my nephew can do or even my parents since the oldest child has lived his entire life with them as his parents even though they didn't have legal custody?
Is she allowed to just take the children and move them away from the only family and stability they have ever known simply because she wants to. Does the father or great grandparents that have raised the oldest child for 7 years have any options to have the children brought back to their home state so we may see them and make sure they are ok?
We have spoken with a couple of attornyes and have a couple more to speak with because we want the best possible one we can have before we hire one.
Can any of you tell me what we can do legally to get the children back to our state and if there are any charges that can be placed against the mother for leaving the state and not allowing any of us to see or speak to the children.
There have been no custody orders placed on either party since they both lived together and shared custody of the children.
I am sure that she is trying to get everything changed to the state she is in now and get them to give her custody in that state.
Thanks for any help and sorry for the book but wanted to explain the situation as best I could. Again, thanks for any help and advice offered. It is greatly appreciated.
I am on here asking some questions to help my family. I will explain the situation and would really appreciate any advice that any of you may have for me.
My nephew and his wife have been living together for 9 years but only married a very short time. They have 3 children during this relationship. A son age 7 and two daughters age 5,and 4.
The son aged 7 has lived with my parents(the childs great grandparents) ever since he was born. My nephew and his wife were young and lived with my parents when the oldest two children were born and up until the third child was born. At that time my parents(the childrens great grandparents) owned another home next door that they provided for my nephew and his family to move into. The oldest child(boy) never moved out with his parents.
He continued to live in the home of the great grandparents. My nephews wife left him at home on 3-22-07 and asked that the great grandfather take her to school to sign the two girls in because they overslept. The great grandfather had already taken the oldest child that lived with him to school on time that day.
My nephews wife then went into the school and told them she had been abused a week earlier on 3-16-07. My nephew was arrested and taken to jail and she took the kids from school and left with them. She has went to another state where her mother now lives and we haven't had any contact with her or the children since. We obtained the childrens school records and it shows where the were transfered to. We have called her mothers house several times and asked if she has heard from them and that we wanted to know they were ok. She continues to say she has only talked to them once and they said they were ok and she don't know where they are. You could hear the children in the background asking for the phone but she says she don't know where they are.
Can anyone tell me if there is anything that my nephew can do or even my parents since the oldest child has lived his entire life with them as his parents even though they didn't have legal custody?
Is she allowed to just take the children and move them away from the only family and stability they have ever known simply because she wants to. Does the father or great grandparents that have raised the oldest child for 7 years have any options to have the children brought back to their home state so we may see them and make sure they are ok?
We have spoken with a couple of attornyes and have a couple more to speak with because we want the best possible one we can have before we hire one.
Can any of you tell me what we can do legally to get the children back to our state and if there are any charges that can be placed against the mother for leaving the state and not allowing any of us to see or speak to the children.
There have been no custody orders placed on either party since they both lived together and shared custody of the children.
I am sure that she is trying to get everything changed to the state she is in now and get them to give her custody in that state.
Thanks for any help and sorry for the book but wanted to explain the situation as best I could. Again, thanks for any help and advice offered. It is greatly appreciated.