Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

I'm in Texas and my daughter had lived in Indiana with her mom intell age 16 when they got into a fight. The juvenile court ordered her placement with me. There's a no contact protective order against her mother by the state of Indiana. She stayed in Texas for 9months. She started talking to her mom anyway. She was complaining to her mom of missing her friends so her mom came and pick her up from school one day without my consent. Didn't even unenroll her from school. Then they went to my house and pickup her stuff and left back to Indiana. I thought my daughter had ran away, so I called her in as one. When I figured out where she went I called and informed the police of it. Because of the protective order they went and arrested her mom and took her to a shelter. Her mothers case for battery with bodily injury was set for pretrial that week. The judge told her mother that she was stupid for picking her up and she should take her back to where the courts order her placement and to where she was enrolled in school. Then gave her another charge for evasion of privacy. With me being the legal guardian of our daughter, I didn't think they should've let someone else pick her up with out my consent. Anyway her grandmother picked her up and took her about 45 miles down the road to city where she lives. The grandparents said they wouldn't release her to me so don't come up. She'll just go to school there.

Well it's been 2 and 1/2 months and they're are slowly blocking our communication. Changed her cell # and told her for me not to have it, just say she's not there or busy constantly. My daughter calls me on her own away from them anyway. If I was bad to my daughter I would understand. But she was well taken care of. With my daughter being 17 and her mothers case still pending. If I wanted to go up to Indiana, unenroll her from school, then go get her stuff. Probably would need a police officer to stand by.

What paperwork do I need to have with me to prove my parental rights?


Asked on 11/17/10, 2:16 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

This is a bit complex and I would hire counsel in Indiana. However, it sounds as if you have an order and if there are no orders to the contrary, you should be able to show up at the school with a certified copy of the order, unenroll and pick up your daughter. However, clearly your daughter is unhappy. I suggest that you obtain some counseling for her and for you-suddenly being a cuistodial parent can be difficult. Regardless, I encourage you to hire counsel

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Answered on 11/22/10, 7:16 am


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