Mom though is just as guilty if she was relocating 4 to 8 hours away. Not exactly following the terms either. If she raises a fuss watch the court get ticked at her as well for moving.
Yes, I realize that now that her moving here was a mistake, and had we known before, we would not have let her come down here until everything was cleared. I don't think she carefully read the papers, or understood them, which I know is not an excuse. At this point she just wants to be able to see her daughter and to know that she is ok. She will have to figure out temporary living arrangements within the original county if she does get her daughter back before their hearing.
The Father is basically keeping the daughter because he wants to get back with the Mother (I heard him saying this to her on the phone). I also know that he has a child from a previous relationship that he does not see, and he had previously disappeared before the divorce for three months and never called to speak with his daughter, or try to see her.
In the original court filings by the Grandparents they said the Father was currently residing with family in South Carolina and that he had verbally agreed for the Grandparents to have Temporary Custody of the Mother and Father's daughter.
I know that the Mother has made some mistakes in the past, especially when dealing with the divorce and the children, but does she still have a chance to have physical/primary custody of her daughter given the Father's criminal history, and his recent actions of not helping to facilitate a healthy relationship between the daughter and Mother?
