What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Michigan
Not my case, it is my daughter's case.
When child was 2 months old, mom was given temp primary custody, dad given temp joint legal. Custody trial set, dad didn't show(he filed for it to begin with)to custody trial. Dad put in default, given 2 chances to get default set aside. He didn't do what he was suppose to, so court defaulted sole custody to mom(daughter).
Dad filed later on for joint legal. Judge sent it to FOC to investigate. FOC investigator recommended joint legal. Now what is suppose to happen, is FOC investigator writes up recommendation, sends copy to both parents and to Judge. Each party has x amount of time to object, if they don't, Judge signs off on it and it is an order.
What happened, was nothing. Recommendation was either never written up or not sent to parents and to Judge. It's logged on court record that she was going to recommend, but there is nothing after that. Neither party was able to object, nor did Judge sign recommendation into order.
This recommendation was from 2 years ago. So who has what custody in this case?
I've looked and looked and can't find any rules on how long that recommendation can just sit like that. Daughter has been to several lawyers, none can tell her the answer either. All say they have never seen that happen before.
Not my case, it is my daughter's case.
When child was 2 months old, mom was given temp primary custody, dad given temp joint legal. Custody trial set, dad didn't show(he filed for it to begin with)to custody trial. Dad put in default, given 2 chances to get default set aside. He didn't do what he was suppose to, so court defaulted sole custody to mom(daughter).
Dad filed later on for joint legal. Judge sent it to FOC to investigate. FOC investigator recommended joint legal. Now what is suppose to happen, is FOC investigator writes up recommendation, sends copy to both parents and to Judge. Each party has x amount of time to object, if they don't, Judge signs off on it and it is an order.
What happened, was nothing. Recommendation was either never written up or not sent to parents and to Judge. It's logged on court record that she was going to recommend, but there is nothing after that. Neither party was able to object, nor did Judge sign recommendation into order.
This recommendation was from 2 years ago. So who has what custody in this case?
I've looked and looked and can't find any rules on how long that recommendation can just sit like that. Daughter has been to several lawyers, none can tell her the answer either. All say they have never seen that happen before.
