sneaky people

[warrenred1devil]

Hello, my wife has 2 children with another man (they was not married) she moved to Utah about 2 yrs. ago when she moved out here Mark(kids dad) kept the children from her no phone calls at all,mail, or visits K little back ground. He goes in & out of jail so his mom(mark) filled for custody or guardianship by running an ad in the local newspaper and did not notify her (my wife) at all when they all knew her address and what state she lived in Mark is going back to jail again and we would like custody of the children my ? is what can we do and how do we go about doing it cause I believe that the children will have a better chance at life with us so if any one has any advice or know something we can do thank you very much

 

[Duranie]

If mom wants custody she needs to file for it in court but the fact she moved out of state will make it much harder.

 

[warrenred1devil]

she moved out of state to get away from the physical and mental abuse she did not want to leave the kids with him but she had really no choice he would have killed her

 

[irish223]

Where do the kids live? Is there a visitation order?

 

[warrenred1devil]

they live in Il. no he just kinda took them from her and then his mother filed for guardianship without notifying my wife at all did it all behind her back

 

[irish223]

Two years is a long time without contact, and if she never attempted to legally change the situation in that time, it will be difficult to regain custody IMO. If she wants to try, she should contact an attorney in Illinois.

 

[warrenred1devil]

no the only time she ever gets any contact is when he trying to play the head game with her we have sent items every month to let the kids know that we are still thinking about them so that way they kinda know that we are trying and we did contact an attorney and they want like 5 grand to take the case and will not except any kind of payment arrangement's we continue to try and try I was hoping someone with a legal brain could give me another route to take

 

[irish223]

Unfortunately, there is no other route to take unless she can travel to Illinois herself and feels confident enough to represent herself in court.

It will appear that she abandoned the children unless she can prove that she has maintained contact, and it doesn't seem that's the case. She may be able to petition for custody on her own, but again, she will have to file in Illinois.

Good luck to her.