What is the name of your state? Iowa
Here's the scenario, it all happened this evening, and I want some opinions on what I can and should now that this has occured.
I called my daughter tonight to talk to her about visitation this weekend, to see what she would like to do. My ex wife of course answers the phone, and like normal, starts in with her normal rantings and ravings, except for the fact that she completely caught me off guard with her statements.
She said, and I quote, " I am so sick of having to deal with you, so I guess I have one option, to get rid of what is keeping you in contact with me." Then she went on to say, " It would be a waste of your time to drive here to get *****, cause she will not be here anymore." "And if I do come there, be prepared for what is going to happen to you."
So, I start freaking out thinking, what in the world could she mean, I then ask to speak to my daughter, the ex tells me, she is busy, call back later, and hangs up on me.
I try a half hour later, no answer, wait 15 min. more, no answer, then I called the sheriffs office, asked them to do a welfare check.
The sheriff calls me back, telling me the child was scared and shaken, but basically allright, he tells me that my ex was quite resistant about letting him check on my child, she put up quite a fight. He also said that she told him that I was to blame for this, that I had no right to call them in.
The sheriff told me, off record of course, that I should do something, as my child was crying, or had been, and was asking for me. He said that my ex has quite a reputation for causing trouble in his area, and is somewhat troublesome.
So, what can I do to protect my child? Can I get some sort of temporary order, so that she can get some help for whatever is making her say stuff like this, and to protect my child, it may have only been talk tonight, but what if she does what she threatens?
Thanks for reading this and responding.
Lissa68's husband
Here's the scenario, it all happened this evening, and I want some opinions on what I can and should now that this has occured.
I called my daughter tonight to talk to her about visitation this weekend, to see what she would like to do. My ex wife of course answers the phone, and like normal, starts in with her normal rantings and ravings, except for the fact that she completely caught me off guard with her statements.
She said, and I quote, " I am so sick of having to deal with you, so I guess I have one option, to get rid of what is keeping you in contact with me." Then she went on to say, " It would be a waste of your time to drive here to get *****, cause she will not be here anymore." "And if I do come there, be prepared for what is going to happen to you."
So, I start freaking out thinking, what in the world could she mean, I then ask to speak to my daughter, the ex tells me, she is busy, call back later, and hangs up on me.
I try a half hour later, no answer, wait 15 min. more, no answer, then I called the sheriffs office, asked them to do a welfare check.
The sheriff calls me back, telling me the child was scared and shaken, but basically allright, he tells me that my ex was quite resistant about letting him check on my child, she put up quite a fight. He also said that she told him that I was to blame for this, that I had no right to call them in.
The sheriff told me, off record of course, that I should do something, as my child was crying, or had been, and was asking for me. He said that my ex has quite a reputation for causing trouble in his area, and is somewhat troublesome.
So, what can I do to protect my child? Can I get some sort of temporary order, so that she can get some help for whatever is making her say stuff like this, and to protect my child, it may have only been talk tonight, but what if she does what she threatens?
Thanks for reading this and responding.
Lissa68's husband