What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon
I am in Oregon and my mother-in-law is in Nevada. She has threatened several times that if I do not provide my children to her at her basically when she demands it then she will take me to court because she says she "has rights to them". She left her 3 kids (including my husband) when they were children and acts like my kids are her do-over. Over Christmas she called/texted me several times but I was busy and texted her to let her know we would call her later. She replied with things like "you will NOT ignore me" and "i have grandparent rights and you will be sorry". She then texted my husband and called my several horrible names, told him to keep my mouth shut and told him that we would never be able to keep the kids away from her because she "has rights".
Her contact with my kids has always been very limited as she and her husband have alcohol issues. We visited them once and her husband got extremely inappropriate when he was drunk so we will not be going back there. She has come up twice to visit and the only time she had my daughter who is 5 for the day she didn't feed her for the 8 hours she had her. She also left my nephew who was 2 alone in a second story hotel room for an hour to go walk her dogs. My husband hates arguing and just tries to not deal with any of it. I am done with her after the things she said on Christmas and am wondering if I have anything to worry about? I wouldn't be surprised if she tried to take the kids and not bring them back because she talks like she has rights like a parent. So far I have been ignoring her but I am really worried about what I need to do in case she files something.
I am in Oregon and my mother-in-law is in Nevada. She has threatened several times that if I do not provide my children to her at her basically when she demands it then she will take me to court because she says she "has rights to them". She left her 3 kids (including my husband) when they were children and acts like my kids are her do-over. Over Christmas she called/texted me several times but I was busy and texted her to let her know we would call her later. She replied with things like "you will NOT ignore me" and "i have grandparent rights and you will be sorry". She then texted my husband and called my several horrible names, told him to keep my mouth shut and told him that we would never be able to keep the kids away from her because she "has rights".
Her contact with my kids has always been very limited as she and her husband have alcohol issues. We visited them once and her husband got extremely inappropriate when he was drunk so we will not be going back there. She has come up twice to visit and the only time she had my daughter who is 5 for the day she didn't feed her for the 8 hours she had her. She also left my nephew who was 2 alone in a second story hotel room for an hour to go walk her dogs. My husband hates arguing and just tries to not deal with any of it. I am done with her after the things she said on Christmas and am wondering if I have anything to worry about? I wouldn't be surprised if she tried to take the kids and not bring them back because she talks like she has rights like a parent. So far I have been ignoring her but I am really worried about what I need to do in case she files something.