So I just received an email from the mother saying she's planning on writing a document that states she is giving permission for her daughter to stay with the grandmother(and not me, her father, who has rights as a father), while she's in another state. She says this will "prevent me from threatening to take her"....
can she do this? she is saying her paralegal friend is drawing up the documents for her..
Right.
You can't afford an attorney and you're really in need. So you really have only one option: LEARN.
Please search this site for a number of threads by "signspinner". He's a single Dad, whose girlfriend didn't even tell him about moving - and yes, paternity was established. He really did go home one day after work to find Mom and his daughter no longer there.
They all lived in Florida, and without notice Mom moved to WI.
So far she's disregarded the FL statutes, yeah? The matter should be heard in FL....right? That's true on both counts. He even filed (correctly) for an emergency order instructing Mom to return the child pending a custody hearing.
We're all in agreement that so far the law seems to be against Mom, yeah?
Well, this is what happened. It was 2010 when this started. Now? Now we're getting ready for fall 2014, Wisconsin has jurisdiction, and he has what is perhaps the most restricted parenting plan you can imagine (and as of now visitation is suspended pending a psych evaluation - I think this is #3).
He went so far as calling the GAL in his case
at home, which led to the GAL getting a restraining order and removing himself from the case (!)..
Now I don't think you're that dense. But I do think that if you don't do this right, you're going to end up being a long distance parent with the child living wherever Mom lives.
So do yourself a favor before we go any further. READ. See what spinny did and how badly he mangled everything. I don't want to scare you (truly, I don't), but you're dancing along a very narrow tightrope.
(if anyone would like a quick recap of spinny's parenting plan, just let me know)