QLD Ex refusing to return the children, ignoring court orders.
- Thread starter Shadz
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Potentially useful info for your affidavit when explaining why you didn't go to the pick up.
I would not expect many lawyers to be working on the weekend anyway. For now sit tight, you know you kids are safe, and do the recovery ex-parte request first thing Monday morning.
Got hold of a Lawyer today, was advised to still travel down to Victoria to the airport and be there at the handover time as you'd suggested Rod.
I went as far as being at the airport, checked in, ready to board the plane down and intended to go but both the 2 older children (15 & 13) were texting me at the time of boarding saying they were still at her house and hadn't packed/had been told they weren't going to the airport and I had a phone call with them at that time as well. Their mother had also restated by email today that she wouldn't be coming to the airport. I also took screenshots of find my iphone showing their location a minute after the call ended.
At that point the handover/return flight they should have been on was in 4 hours but they were still 6 hours away from the airport so i did not board my flight down.
Definitely can't afford to pay a lawyer after being forced to pay for last minute flights after she'd previously changed the pick up time/date but thankfully I should qualify for legal aid and the lawyer I spoke with today does legal aid funded cases which is a small spot of luck so I will be getting them to represent me. worst case, if I'm not approved for legal aid funding I'll still use a lawyer and have to get friends/family to help with initial costs. Too serious an issue to do it unrepresented.
thank you for all your responses.
I went as far as being at the airport, checked in, ready to board the plane down and intended to go but both the 2 older children (15 & 13) were texting me at the time of boarding saying they were still at her house and hadn't packed/had been told they weren't going to the airport and I had a phone call with them at that time as well. Their mother had also restated by email today that she wouldn't be coming to the airport. I also took screenshots of find my iphone showing their location a minute after the call ended.
At that point the handover/return flight they should have been on was in 4 hours but they were still 6 hours away from the airport so i did not board my flight down.
Definitely can't afford to pay a lawyer after being forced to pay for last minute flights after she'd previously changed the pick up time/date but thankfully I should qualify for legal aid and the lawyer I spoke with today does legal aid funded cases which is a small spot of luck so I will be getting them to represent me. worst case, if I'm not approved for legal aid funding I'll still use a lawyer and have to get friends/family to help with initial costs. Too serious an issue to do it unrepresented.
thank you for all your responses.
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