winningsmile
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? North Carolina
I am so frustrated I could scream! My niece has been in a custody battle for a long time. At this time, her lawyer is definitely working against her and working with the ex-husband and his attorney. She has done everything her lawyer has asked of her and he has turned it against her. He has been sexually harassing her(asking sexual favors for his services) during the whole time, but we had no more money to get another attorney. She has not complied with his requests and he is very angry right now.
This is the situation. I wrote in this forum back in May about her ex being indicted by the Grand Jury with 3 counts of sexual assault against his daughter by another marriage. When my niece found out (she had custody 3 weeks of each month and her ex 1 week), she called her lawyer and he told her to not let him see the 3 yr. old child. We paid him to file a request that the dad would not be allowed to see the child or that he would have supervised visitation until his guilt or innocence was decided by the court(this would have been done before the next time the dad should have visitation rights). He told the ex about it(which we found out later) and he filed first, charging my niece with contempt of court for not allowing him to see his child. (We didn't find out until we were in court that her lawyer hadn't file until right before her court date. That made her look like she was being vindictive. This has happened time and time again.) Her lawyer said no way would a judge make a judgment against her. Well, she was held in contempt of court, ordered to get a surety bond within 10 days (which the judge knew without a doubt she would not be able to get) and to give the child to his daddy for a month (immediately). Even the baliff had tears in his eyes and was so angry. He talked to us afterward and said it was so unfair...that all of the evidence was against him and he couldn't understand how the judge could do this 'again'. Her lawyer said not to worry, he would handle the surety bond (at which time he asked her for a blow job). He called the day before she had to have the bond and told her he couldn't do anything. She had tried and tried to get the bond during that 10 days even though he had told her not to.
I know this sounds like I'm just an upset aunt, but that isn't the case at all. We know for a fact that this judge ALWAYS works for the man. Today, my niece's lawyer called and said he had talked with her ex and if she would testify 'for him' in his sexual assault trial and if she would never speak to his daughter's mother again, she would be able to see her little boy again. If she would not agree, then she would never see her child again. She has evidence against him for the State's case and he knows it. She called her lawyer back and told him she had $10,000 cash (which was loaned to her from a dear friend). He cursed her repeatedly and asked her where she got it (she wouldn't tell him). He said she should have listened to him and she would be sorry. She told him she knew he was in with her ex and his lawyer and he got real quiet. Since it has been several days past the 10 days that the judge ordered, she will probably have to go to jail now and probably never see the baby again.
This is so involved and complicated and she is losing no matter what she does. Many other things are going on and she is just being swept away through a crooked judicial system (at least in that particular county) and she has no where to turn. I've only told a tiny bit of info about this. If I could talk with someone in person and get some help it would be great. But, there never seems to be justice where the innocent ones are involved, especially this child.
Please, please, please!!!!!!! Will somebody tell us what to do? There is no time left.
I am so frustrated I could scream! My niece has been in a custody battle for a long time. At this time, her lawyer is definitely working against her and working with the ex-husband and his attorney. She has done everything her lawyer has asked of her and he has turned it against her. He has been sexually harassing her(asking sexual favors for his services) during the whole time, but we had no more money to get another attorney. She has not complied with his requests and he is very angry right now.
This is the situation. I wrote in this forum back in May about her ex being indicted by the Grand Jury with 3 counts of sexual assault against his daughter by another marriage. When my niece found out (she had custody 3 weeks of each month and her ex 1 week), she called her lawyer and he told her to not let him see the 3 yr. old child. We paid him to file a request that the dad would not be allowed to see the child or that he would have supervised visitation until his guilt or innocence was decided by the court(this would have been done before the next time the dad should have visitation rights). He told the ex about it(which we found out later) and he filed first, charging my niece with contempt of court for not allowing him to see his child. (We didn't find out until we were in court that her lawyer hadn't file until right before her court date. That made her look like she was being vindictive. This has happened time and time again.) Her lawyer said no way would a judge make a judgment against her. Well, she was held in contempt of court, ordered to get a surety bond within 10 days (which the judge knew without a doubt she would not be able to get) and to give the child to his daddy for a month (immediately). Even the baliff had tears in his eyes and was so angry. He talked to us afterward and said it was so unfair...that all of the evidence was against him and he couldn't understand how the judge could do this 'again'. Her lawyer said not to worry, he would handle the surety bond (at which time he asked her for a blow job). He called the day before she had to have the bond and told her he couldn't do anything. She had tried and tried to get the bond during that 10 days even though he had told her not to.
I know this sounds like I'm just an upset aunt, but that isn't the case at all. We know for a fact that this judge ALWAYS works for the man. Today, my niece's lawyer called and said he had talked with her ex and if she would testify 'for him' in his sexual assault trial and if she would never speak to his daughter's mother again, she would be able to see her little boy again. If she would not agree, then she would never see her child again. She has evidence against him for the State's case and he knows it. She called her lawyer back and told him she had $10,000 cash (which was loaned to her from a dear friend). He cursed her repeatedly and asked her where she got it (she wouldn't tell him). He said she should have listened to him and she would be sorry. She told him she knew he was in with her ex and his lawyer and he got real quiet. Since it has been several days past the 10 days that the judge ordered, she will probably have to go to jail now and probably never see the baby again.
This is so involved and complicated and she is losing no matter what she does. Many other things are going on and she is just being swept away through a crooked judicial system (at least in that particular county) and she has no where to turn. I've only told a tiny bit of info about this. If I could talk with someone in person and get some help it would be great. But, there never seems to be justice where the innocent ones are involved, especially this child.
Please, please, please!!!!!!! Will somebody tell us what to do? There is no time left.