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Started by loving-dad, Apr 11, 2004, 06:20:43 PM

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loving-dad

Hello everybody, I need urgent help to find the best aggressive attorney in family law and custody in Lehigh valley, specifically in Bethlehem, PA.
My wife flee with my two children an April 6, she left a letter from her attorney and a notice from the court of common pleas where she filed a complain for primary physical and legal custody of my two children (3 yo son and 7 yo daughter).
If somebody out there is familiar with this town could you recommend a very good attorney? Does anybody know Linda Shay Gardner (is her attorney) from Rooney, Mannicci and Gardner LLC?

A little information about me:
I am 36 yo, I am Mexican (so are my Children and wife), I've been married for more than 7 years. I came to US with my family in 2001 to study my PhD which I intend to complete by the end of this year. The all history of the marriage is full of treason and mental abuse from my wife. I came from a broken family and I have stand as much as I can to avoid my children any suffer. It would be very long to relate the whole story but in short I can say that I have been living scared of her all the time.

I know that under my current circumstances (i.e., as full time student) I am not in the best position to fight for full custody of my children. At the beginning of the year she started to make a plan to go back to Mexico with my children in July (after my daughter finished the school), I did not accept that, mainly because I was afraid that she was going to steel my children or use them to create situations that can upset me and use it to file the divorce and custody on her favor. After I denied the permission to take my children on July, and tell her that If she ran away with my children I will put her on jail, she stop talking to me and start to make this plot with the lawyers trying to keep everything covered. A few weeks ago I told her that I decided to let her go to Mexico because I was tired of living in this situation; if necessary I even will quit my PhD program. Even so, she continued with her devil plans file the complain on March 26 and stole my children on April 6.
The day she stole my children, the first thing I did when I got home was to call an attorney that my consulate recommend me. I didn't find him but the person that answered the phone turn out to be her lawyer and she said that I shouldn't be afraid for my children, that my wife moved out because she need to do that, and she told me that if I want to make interim arrangements to see my children before the pre-hearing that I should go to see her. Of course I haven't signed anything.
At this point I have not attorney because this week was Easter and it was very difficult to get an appointment. Of course I don't have much money for this but I will put everything I have to keep my rights on my two treasures.
I have to go for a pre-hearing conference on April 16th; I have tried to contact her several times by e-mail. I call some of her "friends" on town, I talk to people in the university including my advisor and the immigration specialist, I call the police two times and they said there is nothing illegal because we are married and we both have the same rights to have the children with us (THIS IS RIDICULUS, SHE IS VIOLATING MY RIGTHS AND THE RIGTHS OF MY CHILDREN AND THE POLICE DO NOTHING). I even call her parents. Her mother told me to talk to her (How if she is hiding). Now I heard from somebody that have had contact with her by phone that her father is here living with them.

I've been trying to choose a very good lawyer. These are some of the options that I plan to see as soon as possible. If anybody knows these attorneys I would be infinitely thankful with your comments.

Milded Molino, esq.
Chrystina Fenchen, esq.
Donald F. Spray, esq.
George A. Heitczman, esq.
David Vaida, esq.

I think I have clear what will be my position on this and I just need the best aggressive attorney to make it happens.

Thank you for reading me.