What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?Tennessee
My children's grandmother (not related to me what so ever, my exes mother, never married) is trying everything she can to get to my kids. I have recently stopped letting my kids go over to her house because all she does is talk bad about me to my kids, threaten me, blackmail me, and tell me shes going to take my kids away and put me in jail. My ex (their father) is never around for me or my kids. Sometimes I don't even hear from him for months at a time. Visitation has been legally set with their father and he never follows it, and no where in the agreement does it say anything about the grandparents. So, trying to be nice, I have allowed my kids to go to my exes mother's house to spend time with his side of the family, and to occasionally get a break. This visitation is strictly my decision and it is not court ordered or legally assigned. Last time I asked her to bring my kids home at a certain time for a holiday, as it was discussed a week in advance, she absolutely refused when it came time to bringing them home, continued to threaten me, and then caused a huge scene when she got to my house acting like she was going to hit everyone in my family and cussing and calling every one names, all in front of my kids. So the cops were called and I was legally advised to not speak to her or let her around my children, and got an order of protection. Since then she has called The Department Of Child Services and gave them a bunch of lies like how I supposedly have a regular drug use, that my kids were sexually molested, and that I'm bulimic and stick my fingers down my throat in front of them. An agent did a home inspection and closed the case and tried to go after the grandmother for giving false information to a federal agent. She keeps trying to contact me, and having other family members trying to contact me. She told me that if I didn't give back my child's only car seat, that she gave me to use, she will press charges against me for theft. She is all around being extremely vindictive and trying everything she can to get to hurt me and get to my kids. Can she press charges? Can she try to take my kids away? Is there anything I can do to make this craziness stop??
My children's grandmother (not related to me what so ever, my exes mother, never married) is trying everything she can to get to my kids. I have recently stopped letting my kids go over to her house because all she does is talk bad about me to my kids, threaten me, blackmail me, and tell me shes going to take my kids away and put me in jail. My ex (their father) is never around for me or my kids. Sometimes I don't even hear from him for months at a time. Visitation has been legally set with their father and he never follows it, and no where in the agreement does it say anything about the grandparents. So, trying to be nice, I have allowed my kids to go to my exes mother's house to spend time with his side of the family, and to occasionally get a break. This visitation is strictly my decision and it is not court ordered or legally assigned. Last time I asked her to bring my kids home at a certain time for a holiday, as it was discussed a week in advance, she absolutely refused when it came time to bringing them home, continued to threaten me, and then caused a huge scene when she got to my house acting like she was going to hit everyone in my family and cussing and calling every one names, all in front of my kids. So the cops were called and I was legally advised to not speak to her or let her around my children, and got an order of protection. Since then she has called The Department Of Child Services and gave them a bunch of lies like how I supposedly have a regular drug use, that my kids were sexually molested, and that I'm bulimic and stick my fingers down my throat in front of them. An agent did a home inspection and closed the case and tried to go after the grandmother for giving false information to a federal agent. She keeps trying to contact me, and having other family members trying to contact me. She told me that if I didn't give back my child's only car seat, that she gave me to use, she will press charges against me for theft. She is all around being extremely vindictive and trying everything she can to get to hurt me and get to my kids. Can she press charges? Can she try to take my kids away? Is there anything I can do to make this craziness stop??