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Hello all, I am new here. My H and I were presented with info last night that I am not sure how to act on. I'll start with a little history...
My H and I have been together since 07, we were married in 10. We were not able to marry before then because she would never follow through on her end of the divorce. We had to wait on her because she lives ing Washington state and we are in louisiana. She has H two children along with tree others, (one is questionable to be his, but she will not DNA him). We get his children according to papers spring break, summers, and every other thanksgiving and christmas. However, since we are the only ones paying for plane tickets (ew is supposed to pay half) it has become just summers. She has a 15 yr old daughter that my H raised from 18 months to 10 yrs. she is the one that told H of the affair her mother was having. That child now has a 1 yr old daughter. H has no relationship with her because we says she's not his. The reason she would not finish the divorce is because she is on the system. To the state she had five children with no dads paying. Once the divorce was filed H and I had his child support set up to be drafted from his check and payed directly to the state. So glad we did cause she is constantly saying she is not receiving it.
Anyway, now on to my current problem, the last time we talked to the children was Christmas morning, with the exception of my sd bday when sh called us in February. So last night my H called the WA courts, they instructed him to contact police and do a well child visit. They did and found an empty house. Ew has moved and we have no way to find her. We are filing a contempt of court today. I just don't know if they will do anything and I am seriously worried about the kids. Will they just slap her hand or will something really be done? We are so far away. Can anyone offer any advice? Please I am desperate!

Blended fam of 7's picture

I'm sorry I didnt add this earlier, he hasn't talked to them since Christmas because she had her phone turned off. We had no possible way to contact them. So basically your telling me that the court will do nothing? I really wish we could get custody of them, but can't afford to pay two lawyers ( one in La to mediate with one in WA) in the past 5 years she has moved eight times. The one report card we got from the kids years ago showed they had missed over 20 days of school each and so far none of that has been enough to sway the judge. This will be the fourth contempt that we have filed. None of the other instances have been as severe as disappearing with the kids, so I was kind of hoping that this would be the one. The police officer has statements from neighbors that the kids are still attending the same schools and people have seen her in local stores just no way to find them.
Oh and her cs goes on a bank card sort of thing, no actual check printed to be mailed, and she would not go far without it cause she doesn't work. She lives off food stamps, welfare and his cs, he is the only one of her bd that pays.

Anywho78's picture

This may seem like a stupid question but have you tried looking at social networking sits like Facebook & Google+? The reason I ask is that many people don't think about hiding from EVERYONE & believe that by moving or turning their phone off that the person they are hiding from can't find them...they do however like to keep in touch with friends & are quite frequently...stupid.

How old are your SKids?

My mom did the same thing to my dad...my dad did nothing to try to find us (LONG story)...turns out, the State of WA would have told him where we were simply because my mother was on benefits & he wasn't court ordered to pay child support...

This situation sucks & I'm sorry for you & your DH.

I'm with others though...he should have had them checked in on LONG before now.

my.kids.mom's picture

If you hear they are attending the same schools, why not call the schools and find out? They should have their updated address.