Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia
I was married to my husband for almost 4 years. We lived in Egypt. We talked about getting a divorce and I told him I wanted to move back to GA in 2009 and I decided to proceed after new years 2010. He came here only for a short time after he got his green card. This year I grated a divorce from my (ex)husband. He is Egyptian and has a green card. He never lived here in the US. I sent him the divorce paperwork and he did tell me when he got it via email. He knew about it and it wasn't a secret. He knew I was asking for sole custody of our son, who is now 3. I was grated the divorce and sole custody of our son.
He stayed out of the US for almost a year when surprise...I found out he is now here and wants custody of of son or an "arrangement" He said he knows his rights here. I don't think he should be allowed to get time with our son without my supervision. I know he hates America and won't live here forever. He's a flight right.
Is there anything I can do to protect my son?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Yes, there are a couple things you can do:
1. Do NOT, under any circumstances, allow your husband to have visitation with your son unsupervised. If your husband manages to get your son to Egypt, you will have little recourse.
2. Hire a Georgia family law attorney immediately to discuss the specifics of your situation. Even if your ex-husband has not filed formal court papers yet for a modification of custody, it is smart to get an attorney up to speed and ready to go.
Best of luck.*******The above is for informational purposes only and does not create an attorney-client privilege.*******
No one here has seen your divorce so no one here can answer you. There is one person who can. Surely you did not do something foolish and do your original divorce without a lawyer, right? Assuming you had one, your lawyer has already dealt with custody, visitation and the issues you seem concerned with now anticipating the questions you now have. Call him, and see what your rights are under the existing paperwork. You probably will not need to do anything unless he files something.
If you instead made the enormous mistake of filing your own papers, then worry. Get a lawyer ASAP and unfortunately you will probably need to spend money now to fix what was not addressed before.
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