she abandoned her kids
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it varies in every state. i know in the state of oklahoma unless the parent signs over their rights or can be proven unfit, the only way the other parent can file for abandonment is if they are gone for 2 years without any contact through mail, phone, or physical.
Quoting OkieMommyOf6:it varies in every state. i know in the state of oklahoma unless the parent signs over their rights or can be proven unfit, the only way the other parent can file for abandonment is if they are gone for 2 years without any contact through mail, phone, or physical.
sadly yes. my husband and his ex has joint custody and for 4 years that woman would be good for maybe a couple weeks or so and disappear for weeks to months at a time. the last time she disappeared she was gone for 10 months with no contact. but because she was not gone for 2 years there was nothing we could do. we even had police reports of her being pulled over or arrested for drug charges and because they were dropped and she got them when she did not have the kids, we could not prove she is a unfit mother.
Quoting Anonymous:
Ironic, it is Oklahoma, so she can stay away for months and come back and act like it never happened?
Quoting OkieMommyOf6:
it varies in every state. i know in the state of oklahoma unless the parent signs over their rights or can be proven unfit, the only way the other parent can file for abandonment is if they are gone for 2 years without any contact through mail, phone, or physical.
Never mind just seen its joint.
Quoting OkieMommyOf6:sadly yes. my husband and his ex has joint custody and for 4 years that woman would be good for maybe a couple weeks or so and disappear for weeks to months at a time. the last time she disappeared she was gone for 10 months with no contact. but because she was not gone for 2 years there was nothing we could do. we even had police reports of her being pulled over or arrested for drug charges and because they were dropped and she got them when she did not have the kids, we could not prove she is a unfit mother.
Quoting Anonymous:
Ironic, it is Oklahoma, so she can stay away for months and come back and act like it never happened?
Quoting OkieMommyOf6:
it varies in every state. i know in the state of oklahoma unless the parent signs over their rights or can be proven unfit, the only way the other parent can file for abandonment is if they are gone for 2 years without any contact through mail, phone, or physical.
Depends on the state. There should be a statute in the family law portion of that state's law that defines child abandonment.
Depends on the state. In my state, they have to be gone for 2 years but if they don't change their phone number or address, it doesn't count because you still have a way to contact them. It's horseshit. Abandoning your kids should be a crime, even if the child is with the other parent.
Quoting quickbooksworm:Depends on the state. In my state, they have to be gone for 2 years but if they don't change their phone number or address, it doesn't count because you still have a way to contact them. It's horseshit. Abandoning your kids should be a crime, even if the child is with the other parent.
Go file an emergency motion for temporary custody and a motion for custody. Typically, if there is some sort of custody paperwork filed it is illegal to relocate the child. If she comes back, just don't let her have them.
Quoting Anonymous:
I'm just worried if she gets to them she will run off back to Texas
Quoting quickbooksworm:Depends on the state. In my state, they have to be gone for 2 years but if they don't change their phone number or address, it doesn't count because you still have a way to contact them. It's horseshit. Abandoning your kids should be a crime, even if the child is with the other parent.
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