My sister has a 2 year old daughter with her ex boyfriend. At the beginning he wanted nothing to do with his daughter, while his parents were really great. When my niece got older then the father (not really the father, but his mother) wanted to be with my niece more and more. My sister and her ex had worked out an agreement (not in the courts) that worked for them. He is in the area for a week, and then leaves for a week due to work, so he was doing every other weekend and every other holiday. Well, then his mother started getting crazy and wanted more time with my niece, even when the father wasn't around. So, my niece's father went to a lawyer and drew up some papers saying that when he isn't around, and it's his parenting time, that his parents are to take his daughter. Well my sister didn't agree to what was in the papers, so she wrote up a response, and had a lawyer look it over, and dropped it off at her ex's lawyer (she can't afford a lawyer). Well, now his lawyer is saying that my sister never responded, so my sister's ex got his papers signed. So, in the papers it says that when it's his parenting time and he is unavailable, that my niece goes to his parents, HOWEVER, on the next page it says that when a parent is unavailable during their parenting time, the first option is the other parent.
So, my sister's ex just had my niece this last weekend, and let me tell you what happened. He got her on Friday, and has my niece until Tuesday. Well my niece started headstart on Monday, and he REFUSED to bring her to it, saying it was no big deal. Then on Tuesday she had a doctor's appointment and didn't bring her to it, and made my sister drive 40 miles SHORT notice to go get meet him, and so my niece missed her doctor's appointment and was late for headstart. So, now this coming weekend is Labor Day weekend and it's technically the father's holiday, but he is out of town for work and now is saying that his mother wants to have my niece for the weekend.
So I want to know, what stands in the papers? Because it says 2 different things, and we're not sure what is what.
I also want to say my sister is an AMAZING mom! My niece's father has never been to a doctor's appointment, was never around during the pregnancy, and now is wanting to be involved because his mom is OBSESSIVE! I know that if my sister could afford a lawyer, she would get full custody because of the crap that the father pulls.
Please help!!! DESPERATE!!!
So, my sister's ex just had my niece this last weekend, and let me tell you what happened. He got her on Friday, and has my niece until Tuesday. Well my niece started headstart on Monday, and he REFUSED to bring her to it, saying it was no big deal. Then on Tuesday she had a doctor's appointment and didn't bring her to it, and made my sister drive 40 miles SHORT notice to go get meet him, and so my niece missed her doctor's appointment and was late for headstart. So, now this coming weekend is Labor Day weekend and it's technically the father's holiday, but he is out of town for work and now is saying that his mother wants to have my niece for the weekend.
So I want to know, what stands in the papers? Because it says 2 different things, and we're not sure what is what.
I also want to say my sister is an AMAZING mom! My niece's father has never been to a doctor's appointment, was never around during the pregnancy, and now is wanting to be involved because his mom is OBSESSIVE! I know that if my sister could afford a lawyer, she would get full custody because of the crap that the father pulls.
Please help!!! DESPERATE!!!
