Post by gypsymama on Jul 11, 2014 15:28:03 GMT
as some of you know from a vent thread 2 weeks ago, my kids (12 and 5) are visiting their dad in NY. I am in TX. anyway, he called cps on me with a bunch of bogus claims and has filed for custody. i spoke with the kids' attorney on tuesday and today we have an "informal hearing" that was scheduled for 8am my time and its now 10:30 and still nothing. i called at 9:10 to make sure everything was still on schedule and they said a number of cases were in that time slot and they didn't know what order the judge was calling them... so here i sit, about to go crazy... my 20 year old is off today so he's babysitting me, dh and ds18 are at work worried sick about me... just praying it will move on soon and that the judge will see through a 12 year old drama queen and her vindictive dad
here is my update post from later down the thread, post hearing [HASH]1 i think we got the best results we could get - i asked why the jurisdiction isn't in TX, where the kids have been for 7 years and the judge said "that's what i'd like to know as well" and told my ex he needs to file this in TX! yayyyyy! he has 30-45 days to make progress or its being tossed out. we have another hearing in 2 weeks and he promised we would hit closer to the start time, lol. he formally granted "emergency" custody to my ex but the kids are there until aug 23rd anyway so that wasn't really any big thing. he took special note that school here starts aug. 25th and that the kids need to be returned with their original plane tickets if nothing is done by then. no discussion of the allegations, cps junk, her wishes, any of that, just logistics i guess you'd say.
7/25 update - had another hearing, he hasn't filed crap yet and the judge is very aggrivated and told him he strongly recommended he get an attorney. he said this is for texas to decide and all he can do from his end is leave my daughter up there with her dad until texas does get to decide. he is going to have a private meeting with the kids on monday and reconvene again next friday... we really just got nowhere and i'm beyond frustrated
8/1 had 3rd hearing and this is what i just texted my friends and family - ok i'm typing up a generic quick note to all my people feel free to ask questions b/c i know everyone is not totally updated on this... bottom line is that lyle filed for ny to have emergency jurisdiction and for full custody and the judge just dismissed his petition!! he said its up to lyle to get things filed in texas and that its out of his hands! lyle claims he filed "something" in mitchell county july 13th or so but that he is waiting on papers so that he can have me served. i don't know if he filed to have the case moved to ny or if he filed for custody but as of right now he has no more temporary custody or emergency anything and if texas hasn't said so by august 23rd the kids need to be on the plane to texas!
here is my update post from later down the thread, post hearing [HASH]1 i think we got the best results we could get - i asked why the jurisdiction isn't in TX, where the kids have been for 7 years and the judge said "that's what i'd like to know as well" and told my ex he needs to file this in TX! yayyyyy! he has 30-45 days to make progress or its being tossed out. we have another hearing in 2 weeks and he promised we would hit closer to the start time, lol. he formally granted "emergency" custody to my ex but the kids are there until aug 23rd anyway so that wasn't really any big thing. he took special note that school here starts aug. 25th and that the kids need to be returned with their original plane tickets if nothing is done by then. no discussion of the allegations, cps junk, her wishes, any of that, just logistics i guess you'd say.
7/25 update - had another hearing, he hasn't filed crap yet and the judge is very aggrivated and told him he strongly recommended he get an attorney. he said this is for texas to decide and all he can do from his end is leave my daughter up there with her dad until texas does get to decide. he is going to have a private meeting with the kids on monday and reconvene again next friday... we really just got nowhere and i'm beyond frustrated
8/1 had 3rd hearing and this is what i just texted my friends and family - ok i'm typing up a generic quick note to all my people feel free to ask questions b/c i know everyone is not totally updated on this... bottom line is that lyle filed for ny to have emergency jurisdiction and for full custody and the judge just dismissed his petition!! he said its up to lyle to get things filed in texas and that its out of his hands! lyle claims he filed "something" in mitchell county july 13th or so but that he is waiting on papers so that he can have me served. i don't know if he filed to have the case moved to ny or if he filed for custody but as of right now he has no more temporary custody or emergency anything and if texas hasn't said so by august 23rd the kids need to be on the plane to texas!
