gracelessstar21
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? indiana
hello this is to anyone who will listen really im at the point where i have no idea what to do...here it goes..my husband has a 13 yr old daughter who lives in elkcart county,indiana, we live in south bend indiana..anyways my husband owes about 10,000 in childsupport for his daughter..he has not ever had custody of her she has been living with her grandparents who have legal gaurdianship over her since the time she was maybe 7 months old..yes my husband should pay his support i do know that, but i think hes at the point where he does not see her and if he does see her we usually have rules ect..from the grandparents who are really strict with us and she is not allowed to stay the weekends and our phone conversations are usually listend to by one of the grandparents,they have made our life really hard with her, and my husband feels that he will never catch up the support and he will never beable to see her without all the stipulations ect..ect..so he had asked them if they wanted full custody of her they at first said yes then changed their minds about it...once we where in court and told the judge to just put him in jail..they wanted all the money he owes which i understand...but......i am a homemaker we have 4 children together if he does not work i have no money to care for our children here at home and im just at a loss here....they arrested him yesterday on a warrant and right now he is waiting to get sent to goshen indiana..they won't say anything about a bond im broke i have no idea what to do...i cannot afford a lawyer right now ..i need my husband released i need him to work....we have been dealing with elkcart county for years now and i don't know if we can get the case switched to st joe county or not the last time we tried they said no i feel they have handled the case for so long my husband should get a fresh start but they won't let him...i really need advice please help anyone im begging i have no idea what to do!!!
hello this is to anyone who will listen really im at the point where i have no idea what to do...here it goes..my husband has a 13 yr old daughter who lives in elkcart county,indiana, we live in south bend indiana..anyways my husband owes about 10,000 in childsupport for his daughter..he has not ever had custody of her she has been living with her grandparents who have legal gaurdianship over her since the time she was maybe 7 months old..yes my husband should pay his support i do know that, but i think hes at the point where he does not see her and if he does see her we usually have rules ect..from the grandparents who are really strict with us and she is not allowed to stay the weekends and our phone conversations are usually listend to by one of the grandparents,they have made our life really hard with her, and my husband feels that he will never catch up the support and he will never beable to see her without all the stipulations ect..ect..so he had asked them if they wanted full custody of her they at first said yes then changed their minds about it...once we where in court and told the judge to just put him in jail..they wanted all the money he owes which i understand...but......i am a homemaker we have 4 children together if he does not work i have no money to care for our children here at home and im just at a loss here....they arrested him yesterday on a warrant and right now he is waiting to get sent to goshen indiana..they won't say anything about a bond im broke i have no idea what to do...i cannot afford a lawyer right now ..i need my husband released i need him to work....we have been dealing with elkcart county for years now and i don't know if we can get the case switched to st joe county or not the last time we tried they said no i feel they have handled the case for so long my husband should get a fresh start but they won't let him...i really need advice please help anyone im begging i have no idea what to do!!!