What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
Have 2 children (ages 8 & 10) that live with us half the time, and the Father & Girlfriend half the time. The girlfriend has only been in the picture for 6 months or so. Things have been civil and decent until recently when the girlfriend got more involved.
She doesn't work, and we used to pay her to watch the kids after school until we got home from work because it was much cheaper than child care. We discontinued that and now it looks like she is trying to retaliate by trying to gain custody of the kids.
The children sometimes get a random bruise (as children do) from school and play - but nothing resembling abuse. The kids don't remember where they got the bruise, but the Father & girlfriend tell them they are lying and that the Mother did it.
Yesterday, we found out that they were pulled out of school recently by the Father & girlfriend to go talk to some counselor. They were asked many things, including if they were abused in any way. The kids were truthful and answered no, and that made the girlfriend upset - accusing them of lying to the counselor.
When we got home from work tonight, we found a business card of a Social Worker on our front door. She is from the Child Welfare Emergency Response division. We tried calling her number, but got her voice-mail and left a message.
There is absolutely no abuse going on, and we have nothing to hide. The kids live better here than they do there, and always talk about how boring it is at the Father's.
This is obviously a play to gain custody of the kids, and they have no grounds for that so they are making things up.
Are there any repercussions for making a false claim to Child Support Services? How can we fight this false accusation?
Have 2 children (ages 8 & 10) that live with us half the time, and the Father & Girlfriend half the time. The girlfriend has only been in the picture for 6 months or so. Things have been civil and decent until recently when the girlfriend got more involved.
She doesn't work, and we used to pay her to watch the kids after school until we got home from work because it was much cheaper than child care. We discontinued that and now it looks like she is trying to retaliate by trying to gain custody of the kids.
The children sometimes get a random bruise (as children do) from school and play - but nothing resembling abuse. The kids don't remember where they got the bruise, but the Father & girlfriend tell them they are lying and that the Mother did it.
Yesterday, we found out that they were pulled out of school recently by the Father & girlfriend to go talk to some counselor. They were asked many things, including if they were abused in any way. The kids were truthful and answered no, and that made the girlfriend upset - accusing them of lying to the counselor.
When we got home from work tonight, we found a business card of a Social Worker on our front door. She is from the Child Welfare Emergency Response division. We tried calling her number, but got her voice-mail and left a message.
There is absolutely no abuse going on, and we have nothing to hide. The kids live better here than they do there, and always talk about how boring it is at the Father's.
This is obviously a play to gain custody of the kids, and they have no grounds for that so they are making things up.
Are there any repercussions for making a false claim to Child Support Services? How can we fight this false accusation?