My jurisdiction is: New Jersey
I really need help on what to do, my daughter was kicked out of her husband and parents house with the baby cos the son felt he was going to go back to using again and felt like he would hurt them. (She is from Jersey and met him in Virginia last year) So they did it for him and gave her enough money to drive back to Jersey and stay with a Great Aunt...he was adamant about her leaving. They have only known each other for a little over a year, got married in Dec and had the baby in late June. This was only two weeks ago and since then for the first week loves her then not and even came up for about 10 hours last week only to go back stating he can't live with the fact he destroyed his family...he does not work and going to a course to be a medical assistant but still would not be able to afford them living on their own. His parents support him and only put a roof over my daughters head. He then out of the clear blue called DYFS on her, now my daughter may have faults also but she is a very good Mother...Well DYFS cleared her but gave her a list of things to do..one was to file for custody and she did but now he is filing something in Virginia to say he wants his daughter and wants to file custody down there...by the way we have many text messages and emails to her myself and a cousin plus a couple of conversations with a aunt with him stating that he does not want his daughter and/or she isn't his...he has also been calling Dyfs for the past week stating he cx'd ins then called that he didn't and other things, they said his mind is all over the place...we know that he is not right emotionally right now and really needs to see someone and my daughter fears him...Now to the question...what can she do to keep the case here in Jersey. She can't afford to go any where and she would have to take baby with her. She has nobody and car is barely workable? If in the worse case scenario she has to have the case there can she get a public defender and they do the work for her without her there? Would they make her move there? Oh and his father is a CO in the same jail as the town they live and has many connections...please help!
I really need help on what to do, my daughter was kicked out of her husband and parents house with the baby cos the son felt he was going to go back to using again and felt like he would hurt them. (She is from Jersey and met him in Virginia last year) So they did it for him and gave her enough money to drive back to Jersey and stay with a Great Aunt...he was adamant about her leaving. They have only known each other for a little over a year, got married in Dec and had the baby in late June. This was only two weeks ago and since then for the first week loves her then not and even came up for about 10 hours last week only to go back stating he can't live with the fact he destroyed his family...he does not work and going to a course to be a medical assistant but still would not be able to afford them living on their own. His parents support him and only put a roof over my daughters head. He then out of the clear blue called DYFS on her, now my daughter may have faults also but she is a very good Mother...Well DYFS cleared her but gave her a list of things to do..one was to file for custody and she did but now he is filing something in Virginia to say he wants his daughter and wants to file custody down there...by the way we have many text messages and emails to her myself and a cousin plus a couple of conversations with a aunt with him stating that he does not want his daughter and/or she isn't his...he has also been calling Dyfs for the past week stating he cx'd ins then called that he didn't and other things, they said his mind is all over the place...we know that he is not right emotionally right now and really needs to see someone and my daughter fears him...Now to the question...what can she do to keep the case here in Jersey. She can't afford to go any where and she would have to take baby with her. She has nobody and car is barely workable? If in the worse case scenario she has to have the case there can she get a public defender and they do the work for her without her there? Would they make her move there? Oh and his father is a CO in the same jail as the town they live and has many connections...please help!