katinmaine said:
ok let me try to clearify a few things
1st. This post has nothing to do with my first post on my own kids..this is about a friend.
2nd. The Mother and Child have been living in maine for more then a year, The childs father has never lived in maine and has never had custody.
3rd. The father did not file for visitation or custody until recently, Mother and child are still living in maine and has not moved back to conneticuit.
4th. GAL was appointed to child in conneticuit recently, GAL has not met child or mother and has not been to mothers house in maine. GAL is going on fathers words and fathers home in Conneticuit.
Conneticuit is where the father filed after mother and child had alreadybeen living in maine for more then a year
The parents didn't Domesticate the order to Maine, the father is in CT living with his parents, a GAL was already appointed in CT~ Jurisdiction is clearly in CT.
Drive your friend to CT...or have someone else do it. If she doesn't show, Dad will win by 'default'. She MUST appear at the hearing.
She needs an attorney, but if that is not possible, she must AT LEAST respond and address that the GAL has never met with her & her son...the son with EITHER parent...and has not viewed the child's current living environment.
