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I have custody of a 7 year old non relative. His dad has no visitation and mom has 2 hours supervised one day a week. She hasn't shown up for about 9 months and it had been about 10 months since she had seen him then. She sent Facebook messages a couple times for me to have him call her but I ignored them. He has PTSD associated with his visits, when they were unsupervised, and has had to spend a week at a time in a psychiatric hospital after visits because it triggers his PTSD. The visits were ordered to take place at a local playground which ended up being his school. He had some very challenging behavior at school and became very violent, especially at recess. His counselor and the people at school thought that maybe it was because it was a constant reminder of his visits with his mom and that she hadn't been showing up. He was switched to another nearby school and is doing very well now. In the past I have had a lot of trouble when mom's mother is in town. She will show up at my house unannounced and just walk in. One day while I was in the shower she walked in and picked him up when he was sleeping. He woke up and had no idea who she was and ran to his room to hide. Several months ago I ran into her at the store and she picked him up out of the cart and started to walk away with him saying she would be right back. I told her to put him back in the cart, so she did. She then started telling him that she was moving back to town and he could go to her house a lot and start seeing him mom all the time. I told her we were in a hurry and had to leave because I don't want to make a scene in front of him and I'm not going to argue with her. I sent her a message on Facebook telling her to please not approach him if she sees us out in public and not to show up at my house again. She said that she is his grandma and I am nothing and she will do as she pleases. She is back in town now. Mom is living with her and I heard that they are both planning a surprise visit to my house. Is there anything I can do if they do show up? Can I do anything to stop them from approaching him in public? I'm really not trying to be petty but this kid has been through so much because of them and they just lie to him and upset him.
I have custody of a 7 year old non relative. His dad has no visitation and mom has 2 hours supervised one day a week. She hasn't shown up for about 9 months and it had been about 10 months since she had seen him then. She sent Facebook messages a couple times for me to have him call her but I ignored them. He has PTSD associated with his visits, when they were unsupervised, and has had to spend a week at a time in a psychiatric hospital after visits because it triggers his PTSD. The visits were ordered to take place at a local playground which ended up being his school. He had some very challenging behavior at school and became very violent, especially at recess. His counselor and the people at school thought that maybe it was because it was a constant reminder of his visits with his mom and that she hadn't been showing up. He was switched to another nearby school and is doing very well now. In the past I have had a lot of trouble when mom's mother is in town. She will show up at my house unannounced and just walk in. One day while I was in the shower she walked in and picked him up when he was sleeping. He woke up and had no idea who she was and ran to his room to hide. Several months ago I ran into her at the store and she picked him up out of the cart and started to walk away with him saying she would be right back. I told her to put him back in the cart, so she did. She then started telling him that she was moving back to town and he could go to her house a lot and start seeing him mom all the time. I told her we were in a hurry and had to leave because I don't want to make a scene in front of him and I'm not going to argue with her. I sent her a message on Facebook telling her to please not approach him if she sees us out in public and not to show up at my house again. She said that she is his grandma and I am nothing and she will do as she pleases. She is back in town now. Mom is living with her and I heard that they are both planning a surprise visit to my house. Is there anything I can do if they do show up? Can I do anything to stop them from approaching him in public? I'm really not trying to be petty but this kid has been through so much because of them and they just lie to him and upset him.