State is FL.
FL has jurisdiction over the custody case and everything else. Biological mom (BM) is in VA.
Short recap:
My husband has primary physical custody. BM disappeared for over 4 years (zero contact on her side until about a month ago). CS sporatic. My SD wrote mom a letter (not the first) but it evidentally struck a nerve, and now BM is sending cards and has called 1 time.
At the last court date in May of 2003, BM was told that visitation would be supervised. BM was also told that she has to post a bond in an amount to cover transportation and the costs involved for a PI should she decide to run with their daughter. The reasoning behind the supervised visitation and bond is due to the fact that when hubby recieved the change of custody paperwork, mom and stepdad hid out, and it took threats of arrest warrants to get them to hand her over. I have the legal papers around here somewhere, but that is the jist of them.
Seeing that this order is 4 years old, will it still stand in court, or do they expire after a certain amount of time?
Will the judge look at the fact that mom hasn't had contact with her child in 4 years, but suddenly wants to come back into her life in deciding whether mom does get visitation? (Sorry for the crystal ball question there, but it's been weighing on us)
I love this child as though she were my own natural born child. She has expressed to me and hubby that she doesn't want to see her mom....I think it's normal due to the fact that mom has been gone for so long...kind of scary for a kid. We don't want to force her to do things, but will follow the orders.
Our fear is that the order will be defunct, and mom will take her and run. My stepdaughter is a vital member of our family and I for one don't want to lose her.
Thanks,
Carol
FL has jurisdiction over the custody case and everything else. Biological mom (BM) is in VA.
Short recap:
My husband has primary physical custody. BM disappeared for over 4 years (zero contact on her side until about a month ago). CS sporatic. My SD wrote mom a letter (not the first) but it evidentally struck a nerve, and now BM is sending cards and has called 1 time.
At the last court date in May of 2003, BM was told that visitation would be supervised. BM was also told that she has to post a bond in an amount to cover transportation and the costs involved for a PI should she decide to run with their daughter. The reasoning behind the supervised visitation and bond is due to the fact that when hubby recieved the change of custody paperwork, mom and stepdad hid out, and it took threats of arrest warrants to get them to hand her over. I have the legal papers around here somewhere, but that is the jist of them.
Seeing that this order is 4 years old, will it still stand in court, or do they expire after a certain amount of time?
Will the judge look at the fact that mom hasn't had contact with her child in 4 years, but suddenly wants to come back into her life in deciding whether mom does get visitation? (Sorry for the crystal ball question there, but it's been weighing on us)
I love this child as though she were my own natural born child. She has expressed to me and hubby that she doesn't want to see her mom....I think it's normal due to the fact that mom has been gone for so long...kind of scary for a kid. We don't want to force her to do things, but will follow the orders.
Our fear is that the order will be defunct, and mom will take her and run. My stepdaughter is a vital member of our family and I for one don't want to lose her.
Thanks,
Carol
