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I am a concerned Grandmother in California. My daughter met a young man that is a U.S. citizen, but his nationality is Czech. He and his family moved back and forth to that country several times in the past 5 years since my daughter met him. She has had an on-again, off-again relationship with him and moved twice to Czech with his family. She gave him 2 beautiful children. Both born in the U.S. Both times he refused to sign the paternity papers because he didn't want to be pursued for child support. They were not married at the time. They got married a month after their second child was born, but the paternity papers were still not signed.
After 7 months of marriage, by daughter left him because he was beating her, cheating on her, got her into $30,000 in credit card debt, and I believe he was also hitting their 3 yr. old daughter. He also fled the country to Czech because he had beat-up a man and was on the verge of getting sentenced to 3 years in prison here.
Now he says he is coming back to the U.S., will serve his time, and sue for custody of one of the children. He wants his 1 yr. old son. He and his family believe that boys are to stay with their father, and girls with the mother.
My questions are, what chance do you think he has to gain custody? Does she have to give him visitation? If so, can she get him limited to supervised visitation only? He is a flight risk. (His parents have already done this with their other son - they convinced the mother to give up her son for them to raise.) He is planning to sign the paternity papers now. Does she have to send them in? She will file for divorce when she gets some money - should she put in that she has sole custody even though he's not legally listed as their father?
Thank you very much for any feedback you can give me.
B.
After 7 months of marriage, by daughter left him because he was beating her, cheating on her, got her into $30,000 in credit card debt, and I believe he was also hitting their 3 yr. old daughter. He also fled the country to Czech because he had beat-up a man and was on the verge of getting sentenced to 3 years in prison here.
Now he says he is coming back to the U.S., will serve his time, and sue for custody of one of the children. He wants his 1 yr. old son. He and his family believe that boys are to stay with their father, and girls with the mother.
My questions are, what chance do you think he has to gain custody? Does she have to give him visitation? If so, can she get him limited to supervised visitation only? He is a flight risk. (His parents have already done this with their other son - they convinced the mother to give up her son for them to raise.) He is planning to sign the paternity papers now. Does she have to send them in? She will file for divorce when she gets some money - should she put in that she has sole custody even though he's not legally listed as their father?
Thank you very much for any feedback you can give me.
B.