Hi,
My husband has a nine year old daughter that is in need of help. We are currently in a custody issue with his ex for majority custody of his daughter.
We wen to court in October of 2011 and the judge awarded joint custody with the mother having the child during the school year. She had moved from Az out to CO. She moved in jan of 2011zAt the time of the move custody had not been established. She took his daughter without permission but since there was no custody in place; we couldn't do anything.
Since the hearing in October we had to take the mom back to court for failure to put his daughter on the plane for visitation over thanksgiving. There was a hearing in jan of 2012 where some stiffer rules were set in place. The mom is supposed to do weekly updates on his daughter, allow phone contact 3 times a week etc.
The mom is not a good mom. She hits all her kids (2 are not my husbands) there is a police report for one of the instances when she hit my husbands daughter badly. She also moved her mid semester to another school. My husband had asked her more than once about moving and she said she wasn't (his daughter kept saying she was moving). The day before she moved, she called my husband and said she was moving and since it was in the same state, she didn't have to tell my husband (however the court order does state if his daughter is changing schools, the mom must talk to the dad).
She has been in three schools in two years. She is almost two years behind in at least one subject. Her grades this last term were all C's and d's.
We just found out today (from his daughter) that her mom is planning on moving out of state so she has to go to another school. Her mom told her not to tell us but she was so unhappy. She wants to live with us and go to school out here with us.
Currently there is a motion sitting at the court for emergency orders (for the abuse and other court violations) plus there was another motion added for the last move in state.
We still haven't heard anything. What can we do? Her life is so unstable out with her mom and I don't think just because she has siblings out there, that warrants her to stay out there. Her mom has had a few boyfriends and moved in with a guy a few months after dating him (hence the daughter moving schools). She doesn't put her kids well being first or even second. My husband's daughter is miserable, sad and although she loves her mom, she called her a horrible parent (since she hits her, yells at her, ignores her, doesn't help her with schoo, leaves her home alone...etc)
We want the best for her... Another move is not ok. And then her mom even told her she may be moving yet again after the initial move to another state.
Sorry for the long post. Help us if you can.
My husband has a nine year old daughter that is in need of help. We are currently in a custody issue with his ex for majority custody of his daughter.
We wen to court in October of 2011 and the judge awarded joint custody with the mother having the child during the school year. She had moved from Az out to CO. She moved in jan of 2011zAt the time of the move custody had not been established. She took his daughter without permission but since there was no custody in place; we couldn't do anything.
Since the hearing in October we had to take the mom back to court for failure to put his daughter on the plane for visitation over thanksgiving. There was a hearing in jan of 2012 where some stiffer rules were set in place. The mom is supposed to do weekly updates on his daughter, allow phone contact 3 times a week etc.
The mom is not a good mom. She hits all her kids (2 are not my husbands) there is a police report for one of the instances when she hit my husbands daughter badly. She also moved her mid semester to another school. My husband had asked her more than once about moving and she said she wasn't (his daughter kept saying she was moving). The day before she moved, she called my husband and said she was moving and since it was in the same state, she didn't have to tell my husband (however the court order does state if his daughter is changing schools, the mom must talk to the dad).
She has been in three schools in two years. She is almost two years behind in at least one subject. Her grades this last term were all C's and d's.
We just found out today (from his daughter) that her mom is planning on moving out of state so she has to go to another school. Her mom told her not to tell us but she was so unhappy. She wants to live with us and go to school out here with us.
Currently there is a motion sitting at the court for emergency orders (for the abuse and other court violations) plus there was another motion added for the last move in state.
We still haven't heard anything. What can we do? Her life is so unstable out with her mom and I don't think just because she has siblings out there, that warrants her to stay out there. Her mom has had a few boyfriends and moved in with a guy a few months after dating him (hence the daughter moving schools). She doesn't put her kids well being first or even second. My husband's daughter is miserable, sad and although she loves her mom, she called her a horrible parent (since she hits her, yells at her, ignores her, doesn't help her with schoo, leaves her home alone...etc)
We want the best for her... Another move is not ok. And then her mom even told her she may be moving yet again after the initial move to another state.
Sorry for the long post. Help us if you can.
