BM Engaged to Convicted Felon
DH and I have been married 3 years. I have three children, 23, 21 (boys-both in college) and a 15 year old daughter. DH has 11 y/o daughter with BM. Their divorce was anything but pleasant. My ex and I continue to be able to communicate. BM moved in her fiancee last summer, shortly after he was released from prison. He's been convicted of DUI 8 times and has been in prison more than he's been out. No CDL and no insurance. Fiancee drives a truck registered to his mother. Just discovered that BM added fiancee to SD's emergency card so that fiancee can pick SD up from daycare, yet BM won't even add BF to emergency card! Fiancee has picked up SD two times from daycare. We are very worried about SD's safety, being driven around by a man with no license/insurance and 8 DUI convictions. What should we do?
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Be inspector Gadget and watch and wait and the moment you know for sure he is driving your HUBBY's biological child in a vehicle and he does not have a license, CALL THE POLICE!!! He will obviously be going to jail, so stay close because someone will need to pick up daughter and that looks GREAT to the coirt that BM doesn't have enuff sense to place her child in the correct individual's care, the paper trail will do wonders in court.
"Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other."
(Step-Mom the Movie 1998)
Been There, Done That
We obtained a copy of the emergency card and have sat and waited for fiancee to show up to transport SD from daycare. No luck. I did the next best thing: I photographed him driving, called his parole officer, and now he's sitting in jail on a parole violation! Unfortunately, he will get out soon (California's prison's are too overcrowded to care about parole violations). BM is very suspicious and very astute to her surroundings. She would notice me conducting surveillance and would file a report that I'm stalking her/her fiancee--which I definitely don't want. My SD is a fabulous kid whom I love very much and vice versa. Short of staking (stalking) out her place or daycare, would the fact that he's a convicted felon that's been witnessed by myself AND his parole agent driving around with no CDL/insurance be enough to warrant a custody modification?
What kind of custody does DH have?
First, if he has joint legal custody (even if not joint physical custody), then he is legally able to make decisions for the child, too. If he does have legal custody, then he needs to call the daycare and state that BM's BF is NOT permitted to pick up the child and that if BM cannot pick up the child, then DH is to be called to pick the child up.
Second, he needs to notify BM via registered letter (that she has to sign for to receive) that this guy is not to drive the child PERIOD due to his history and that if she allows him to do so, she could be prosecuted for endangerment. What happens if he's out driving with the child in the car, gets pulled over for running a stop sign or speeding and ends up getting arrested? What kind of affect does that have on the child, who will be waiting with police or a social worker until someone can come to pick her up?
Third, if you know that this is happening on a regular basis, then you might want to anonymously call Child Protective Serives (or whatever it's called in your area) to find out what your options are for dealing with this. They might be able to tell you where to go for help or whether there would be any benefit to making an official report. But even if you don't actually go so far as to make a report, they can still offer you some resources for dealing with this.
I wouldn't want this guy driving my child around.
~ Anne ~
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: Pull down your pants and slide on the ice! -M*A*S*H (Sidney Freedman to the OR staff on dealing with stress)
Hold the phone.
That's not cool. I understand. Our BM's new BF is a one year recovering alcoholic. He too does not have a licence. This past weekend they went away with the kids. When BM called for the kids to say goodnight, BM said BF was driving because she was tired. I felt my stomache drop.
But your guy is overstepping the bounds and being protected by his Mommy. I would be mad too. I'm proud of you for calling his porole guy. But be careful you don't need the retaliation. What about going through family court?
Joint Legal Custody
With DH having parenting time of 30%. We have a letter drafted to BM about not allowing her boy toy to transport SD, but are waiting to send it until after our hearing on Thursday (motion to terminate spousal support and modify child support based on DH having more parenting time), as she doesn't know that we're aware of boy toy's criminal record :jawdrop: We will also be notifying SD's daycare, in writing, not to allow boy toy to pick up SD, under any circumstances. When I first discovered the criminal record, I personally visited our local CPS office to find out how to protect SD. They said that if we actually witness him driving SD anywhere to call 911 and report erratic driver, so we can have a paper trail. Short of that, we're out of luck. CPS won't do anything until someone is actually hurt or killed :-O
Thanks for the reminder
Ever since we found out he is a recovering alcoholic that lives in a 3/4 house. (which I find hysterical. I've heard of a half way house, but not 3/4's. I guess he is a quarter away from a whole house.)
Anyway, I keep telling my BF we should do a backround check on the guy. We don't know his last name. Not sure how to get that info without tipping her off.?
Little Jo.........
Interesting about the 3/4 house! How did you find out that he's a recovering alcoholic? Do you know what 3/4 house he's living at? When my SD proudly announced that BM was get married, she told me what BM's new last name was going to be. Then, when I asked where boy toy was from, she told me that he was living close to their house with his grandmother. That was a huge red flag for me, as most responsible adults don't live with mommy or grandmother (unless they're paying so much in support they can't afford their own place ;-). Let me know if/how I can help.
Lana
Update
BM's ex-con boyfriend(or should I just say "con"?) is back in the pen! Unfortunately, that's given her extra time to harass us. She's filed a complaint with the feds, claiming that we did a change of address on the boyfriend, which resulted in his being jailed. We did NOT do a change of address. It seems his parole agent had a confidential informant that helped him out
... and good riddance to bad rubbish...
And, just in case no one else says it.... it doesn't MATTER who turned him in, or how the "feds" found out... she's lucky that you didn't completely file (and obtain) full custody as a result of all of this. And, you are right to have been concerned. Looks like he's out of the picture now. Hopefully BM will move onto something better before he gets out of jail.
Tootsie
"You gonna skin that smoke wagon, ‘er just stand there and bleed?"