Monday, July 23, 2007

Member's Story

My name is Jane and I write in regards to my fiance's situation. Dave has been separated and divorced since 2001. I did not meet Dave until 2004. In the past 7 years there have been on going court battles with Dave always on the defensive end. His ex-wife is constantly coming up with false allegations that are always thrown out in court (once they get there). Dave was granted Joint custody where he exercised his rights every other weekend, certain holidays, and 2 weeks of vacation a year. After every visitation there was always some absurd allegation whether through a phone call, letter, or attorneys. Dave and I most recently moved out of state to distance ourself from this woman. As a result, she went into an all out campaign to destroy Dave. She made false allegations to CYS with horrible allegations of things he did to his daughter. The report of abuse was unfounded. As a result Dave had to give up his visitation for the summer and time being as he lives in fear as to what her motives are and what she brainwashes the children with. He did not give up his legal custody rights of the children. Her main goal is to destroy him as he is a teacher and she attempts to contact his place of work. Dave has been attempting to call his children and his ex-wife changed the telephone number twice and then finally made it private unlisted, she also contacted all the children's doctors and stated that Dave is dangerous and a threat and no information is able to be given to him. Dave has not been able to contact his children in over 4 months. Our attorney has set up a motion to obtain her phone number and Dave's rights to the children's school and medical records. But we feel frustrated

2 comments:

Richard Malinoff said...

Member's Story

Last year my wife (now my ex) took our two boys and left Washington State. She went to live with her mother in New York, clear across the country. I was really distraught and didn't know what to do. Seeing my kids was my priority. I talked with a few attorneys and they advised that I move to New York. Being so close would give me the maximum visitation. My ex and I have an okay relationship but there is a fair amount of tension between the two of us. Her mother doesn't want me there at all. When I first moved there, it took me a while to find a job and I didn't have much money. I was looking for a way to get visitation but didn't want to pay a lawyer. I wanted to do the paperwork myself and go to court but I didn't feel confident enough. One night I was scouring the internet...desperate. I found this company (Fathers Choice) that offered to do paperwork for me and coach me for the court date. So I signed up. It cost me $845 and it did take a little longer than I would have liked but I got into court and won my case. Whew!! Now I've got regular vistation with my kids. Thanks for listening.

Richard Malinoff
New York

mary_bennington said...

Fathers Choice

My husband also used Fathers Choice. I had the same experience of the process taking somewhat longer than I expected but part of that was how long it took us to get all of our information together. My husband's four kids live in a different county and we had to juggle a few issues with jurisdiction. The team at Fathers Choice was very helpful with this issue and showed us what to do with the paperwork.