Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

My parents (well, mom and stepdad, real dad is deceased) are divorced; I live with my mom and my two 13 and 9 yr old sisters live with my stepdad. There has been a custody case for years over my two sisters being able to see my mom, but it hasn't been completely resolved yet.

Only just recently, a month or two ago, we had an arranged meeting with my mom, myself, my two sisters, and some lady who was there to supervise the meeting and makes sure the kids are okay (I think she might be the kids' lawyer). Anyway, there is nothing that says I, the sister, can't see them, so my stepdad has allowed me to pick them up from the house and hang out. He keeps an extremely close watch on us though because he thinks they will secretly see my mom and just ruin the whole custody case.

Well yesterday I brought them to my house. They have two half-brothers they had never met (recentkly born-5 and 3yrs) and I thought they deserved to meet them finally, as well as see my mom and Matt. We did this knowing it wasn't supposed to happen, but they really deserve to see their family and this case is just years longer then it should be.

We all agreed to keep it a secret from their dad and we made up a story that we went to the park. My sister called me crying saying her dad found out somehow. He is really really yelling at her and she is panicking. She told him that I just needed to get something at the house and didn't think that the brothers or my mom's husband would be home. She didn't say she saw her mom.

Some pictures of all of us hanging out are on facebook. We blocked it so it was private, but we still think he might have seen the pictures, or that our 9 yr old sister cracked.

What should we do?!?! Tell their dad and risk messing up the case, losing his trust, and never letting me able to see them again? Lie to him and say she didn't see mom (who knows what he saw from facebook)? Hes a pretty nosy guy.

She called me crying about 15 minutes ago cus he's yelling at her and doesn't know what to do. My mom is saying its good he found out because it shows their desire to the court to see their mom/brothers. I say it messes up the entire court case.

HELP.


Asked on 7/29/10, 11:15 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Linda Subbloie Linda A. Subbloie, Esq.

I don't know how old you are, but if you are over the age of 18, you should contact a family law lawyer to discuss the matter. If you are not over the age of 18, you should contact an adult, who is either a family member or teacher/guidance counselor at school, or a therapist/doctor who you may know, to help you through this ordeal.

This case appears to be fairly complicated. I would not be able to answer your questions in this forum.

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Answered on 8/06/10, 2:51 am


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