what is the best way to avoid tesfying in court?

Question

i need a very good legally accepted reason to avoid any court order that was in the custudy battly of my grand daughter between the both parents.which i hate that my ex sunlaw is doing it,and he called me and told me he taking it to the court that your daughterand you have more visitation that him and his mother,and asked me to testify against my daughte,just telling the truth,and he got that idea from one of my email,i wrote to him,that if my daughter if get upset with me and do not let me see the baby then as a father do you let me have the right to see the baby when she is with you?that make him to exploit the situation against my daughter,knowing that my daughter always have a love and hate relationship with me,which is beyond my power to change but i wanted so badly to keep peace between both of them for the sake of a beautiful baby.and i am sure that my son inlaw will never be sincere because of the differance of my faith,he wants to remove the daughter from mother and then from

from mother ad me..the reason i wanted a legal wxcuse that i am visiting in maryland,but i live in fl.and the guy lives and work in georgia.my daughter and baby lives in maryland,so i have to come back on cout date to maryland,it is beyond my financial limit and i am 64 years old do not wants to travel,feel very sick to travel,can't afford an otorny on my behalf,and actually do not know how to avoid this situation? i really need a good medial excuse that could be acceptable by court.a genuine reason.please help me .inever thought that i will be in this situation.very strong support needed..thank you.F.R

Answer 1

Conflict of Interest here, notify the courts of such orif you have to appear, let the Judge know you dont want to testify due to such. This should be just be beween the two of them as it is their child and let the Judge decide but based from experience, nothing will change as its not a health hazard to your granddaughter and thats the only way the Judge would modify it

Answer 2

You cannot avoid a court order or you could go to jail for contempt. This is your grand child and you have your opinion regardless who is insults, etc.

You are there in the best interests of the little girl so they want you to tell the truth, including the good and bad issues for both sides.

Go and just be honest. The court is the person making the final decision, not you. Oh, and make sure you ask for grandparent right of visits.

Answer 3

Didn't read all of this, as it was a little confusing. It really doesn't matter what your reasons are, if you are subpoenaed and refuse to testify it is contempt of court, with fines and possible jail time. The only way to refuse is if testimony would be used to incriminate you for some illegal act. .
If someone just asks you to testify as a character witness, you don't have to give them a reason not too.