What is the name of your state? California (San Diego)
This is a long, sad story which is getting worse by the day. The short story is that a close friend of mine died of leukemia 3 years ago. She had 2 young sons with 2 different fathers. When the father of the eldest found out that she had died, he said he wanted to have him. The boy was only 10 at the time and had not seen his father since he was 3. He also had not paid child support since then. The boy went up to LA to live with his father and was excited to get to know him. Since then, they have fought a lot. The boy claims that his father hits him and abuses him. About a month ago, he called his grandmother from a payphone indicating all this. She immediately called the police and CPS. He denied everything and apparently, they didn't even check him for bruises. Apparently, they were fighting 2 nights ago and the boy begged his father to let him go back down to live with his grandmother (who is taking care of the brother and who has lived with both boys since they were infants) and brother. His father apparently said "fine, go ahead down there". The boy called his grandmother yesterday morning and told him to come up to LA and pick him up. She immediately drove up there and brought him back down here to the house that he grew up in. Then, the father called this morning and said he changed his mind and told her to bring him back up. She said "no". He then called the police and tried to charge her with kidnapping. The boy spoke to the police woman on the phone and he told her everything. Because of laws, it is a very complicated situation. Is there anything she (the grandmother) can do? Right now, she thinks that the father might be coming down from LA to try to take him back tonight. She went and has ordered some sort of custody hearing for tomorrow. Can he take the boy away before this hearing? He is already suffering from losing his mother and to be treated like a yo-yo is so unfair to him. Please send any advice you can. The grandmother does not have a lot of money at all and she loves this boy very much and helped raise him up until the time he was 10. Ironically, his mother was in law school when she got breast cancer. The chemo just about ruined her immune system and a year later, she was diagnosed with leukemia. I'm very sorry for the LONG message but it is a very long, complicated situation and I'm very worried about the welfare of the boy. He is like a second son to me.
This is a long, sad story which is getting worse by the day. The short story is that a close friend of mine died of leukemia 3 years ago. She had 2 young sons with 2 different fathers. When the father of the eldest found out that she had died, he said he wanted to have him. The boy was only 10 at the time and had not seen his father since he was 3. He also had not paid child support since then. The boy went up to LA to live with his father and was excited to get to know him. Since then, they have fought a lot. The boy claims that his father hits him and abuses him. About a month ago, he called his grandmother from a payphone indicating all this. She immediately called the police and CPS. He denied everything and apparently, they didn't even check him for bruises. Apparently, they were fighting 2 nights ago and the boy begged his father to let him go back down to live with his grandmother (who is taking care of the brother and who has lived with both boys since they were infants) and brother. His father apparently said "fine, go ahead down there". The boy called his grandmother yesterday morning and told him to come up to LA and pick him up. She immediately drove up there and brought him back down here to the house that he grew up in. Then, the father called this morning and said he changed his mind and told her to bring him back up. She said "no". He then called the police and tried to charge her with kidnapping. The boy spoke to the police woman on the phone and he told her everything. Because of laws, it is a very complicated situation. Is there anything she (the grandmother) can do? Right now, she thinks that the father might be coming down from LA to try to take him back tonight. She went and has ordered some sort of custody hearing for tomorrow. Can he take the boy away before this hearing? He is already suffering from losing his mother and to be treated like a yo-yo is so unfair to him. Please send any advice you can. The grandmother does not have a lot of money at all and she loves this boy very much and helped raise him up until the time he was 10. Ironically, his mother was in law school when she got breast cancer. The chemo just about ruined her immune system and a year later, she was diagnosed with leukemia. I'm very sorry for the LONG message but it is a very long, complicated situation and I'm very worried about the welfare of the boy. He is like a second son to me.
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