My jurisdiction is: Pennsylvania, USA
My husband has two daughters by a previous marriage. They have lived with their paternal grandmother for five years. That was the verbal agreement between him and his ex. The grandmother and the girls live in the same trailer park as the mother and her new husband. Now the ex filed custody papers stating she has had the girls for five years now and basically my husband has abandoned them. The reason he left is because she was having an affair. We send his mom money and we send gifts and we go up there every chance we get, we live six hours away. My husband asked his ex why she was doing this and she said because her and her husband's hours have been cut back, and that her car is paid for, she just needs money for rent. She also said she is scared now and wished she could cancel the court date. For the past five years she has claimed them on her taxes and have received food stamps for them. We have wanted the girls to live with us, but my husband didn't want his daughters to have to go through a court battle. We want whats best for them, but we don't want them to be used just for a rent check and still be living with their grandmother. We also believe that the new husband has a prior drug record. Will her lying count against her? And is there a chance that if we fight we will get the girls.
My husband has two daughters by a previous marriage. They have lived with their paternal grandmother for five years. That was the verbal agreement between him and his ex. The grandmother and the girls live in the same trailer park as the mother and her new husband. Now the ex filed custody papers stating she has had the girls for five years now and basically my husband has abandoned them. The reason he left is because she was having an affair. We send his mom money and we send gifts and we go up there every chance we get, we live six hours away. My husband asked his ex why she was doing this and she said because her and her husband's hours have been cut back, and that her car is paid for, she just needs money for rent. She also said she is scared now and wished she could cancel the court date. For the past five years she has claimed them on her taxes and have received food stamps for them. We have wanted the girls to live with us, but my husband didn't want his daughters to have to go through a court battle. We want whats best for them, but we don't want them to be used just for a rent check and still be living with their grandmother. We also believe that the new husband has a prior drug record. Will her lying count against her? And is there a chance that if we fight we will get the girls.