My ex lives in Miami with my two kids. I live in Orlando. I have tried to see my children, send money to help. She will not accept my call. Threatens me that if I show up she'll call the police and have me arrested. I sent a letter to her last known address she called me and said not to send any more mail and that she sent my kids to live in Mexico with her family. Anyone know what I can do legally in Florida?
2006-09-24 05:20:29 · 13 answers · asked by kristye 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Hurry up and find your kids. Did you have a legal separation drawn up? If you did then the state of Florida will step in on your behalf, but if you wait after 6 months something called the uniform child custody act will take precedence and Florida can't step in on your behalf. BTW were both of you living in Orlando at the time of the separation? Most of the time one parent can't move with the kids without the other parent's consent.
2006-09-24 05:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by alis_n_1derland 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you need to do is get an attorney. What will happen is that you will have to file for visitation in the family court in miami where the kids are located. This can take time. If she says the kids are not your then the judge will issue a paternity test be done. Then once that is done you will both plee your cases in court, if you are granted visitations she will have to allow it. Also you will be required to pay child support if you are givin visitation if she wants it. Since she has custody of the kids.
Just keep in mind it is expensive and will take some time.
Good luck to you.
2006-09-24 05:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by willwork4smoke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mothers usually love their childen and put their best interests at the front of all issues. Whatever you have done to alienate the mother will effect the children.
What you can legally do is secondary to what you MORALLY feel you should do. If she is so frightened of you, the best thing you can do is leave them the hell alone. No mother rejects a fathers intervention if he is good, safe and loving...even after a divorce because we want what is best for the kids and we want help with them!
You can.....if you are a good father....contact Child Support Agency to register as a payer. Get all your tax returns in on time, work and have them deduct the finances from your pay as necessary. Get counselling for whatever contributed to the wreck of your marriage. After a good long routine has been established...send b/day cards, photos of you and her a letter saying that you are trying to get your act together but expect nothing in return.
Maybe, if you become a decent human being who she starts to like......your childen will want to find you themselves and will have the means to do so after they turn 16-18.
I do beg you that....children need/want stability in their life and it will cause great harm to have warring parents flicking them around like pawns. If she has the abusive qualities.....they have to live with her so dont contribute to their pain more. Try to heal it later on....by just being supportive, sensible and loving at a distance until they can get to know you as adults and make sense of it all.
2006-09-24 05:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by Scully 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First you want to file for divorce and stop her from leaving the country with the children. as long as you are just separated she can do what ever she wants and so can you. you could just go and pick up the kids and not get in trouble because there is not a custody order. That is what I would try to do. Good Luck and I hope that everything works out for you and your children.
2006-09-24 06:29:16 · answer #4 · answered by twinki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She cannot legally prevent you from seeing your kids. What is she gonna call the police about? Maybe you ought to call the police for a 'domestic escort' to see your kids. That way, if it ever goes to court, there will be a report on file with the local PD.
2006-09-24 05:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by Pfitter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're not divorced, and there is no seperation agreement, and you're a legal citizen, and you havent been abusive (which it sounds like you might have been)
I am not a lawyer.....
...but she could very likely be considered to have kidnapped your children.
You need a lawyer, not a bunch of idiots on the internet answering questions for laughs.
2006-09-24 05:25:13 · answer #6 · answered by SillyQuestion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to go to court to get a child custody agreement. This separate from the divorce. The agreement can be put in place without the divorce.
2006-09-24 05:23:18 · answer #7 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a lawyer NOw!! she can not keep your kids from you, but you need it written in a court of law. Good Luck
2006-09-24 05:24:20 · answer #8 · answered by Right Wing Extremist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
will sir sound like you done all you can now it time to get a lawyer and ask her or him to handle it tell them all the thing you done on your own and good luck hope you get to see your kids real soon PS; if they is in another state be such to tell them that to so you can get your kids back in this state
2006-09-24 05:28:12 · answer #9 · answered by Summer G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See an attorney, probably. The system usually will assume that you're wrong based upon gender alone.
2006-09-24 05:23:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋