
Originally Posted by
aiden
SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND LOTS OR RESPONSES WOULD BE APPRECIATED
I was going over my documents again of CHILD CUSTODY and FINALITY OF ANNULMENT DECISION.
BRIEF SITUATION
The custody order which was finished before the annulment the judge gave my wife PPO Permanent Protection Order because he ex was abusive and violent.
ANNULMENT
This was completed about 9 months after the Child Custody Case. In the finality of the annulment the Judge forgot to include the above. The father was absent from the Annulment and didn’t care to show up.
IN THE LEGAL WORDS IT STATES THE FOLLOWING “**** **** is awarded legal custody of the children being the suitable parent with rights of visitation of the father”.
But the fact remains that the childrens father was also sent to jail for abuse and violence towards the children. And he has never been seen since. We don’t know his whereabouts.
My question is that the above court order maybe questioned because PPO is awarded to my wife and the annulment finality says visitation rights given to father.
So even though in this case my wife and I have been solely responsible for the kids upbringing for instance, schooling, fees, clothes, food, religion, and so on.
We have all the receipts, letters from doctors, teachers, family, pictures to prove this.
So we can prove sole responsibility.
I have heard instances that the ECO may ask written permission from the biological father.
But in our case we don’t know his whereabouts and even if we did we would not approach him as hes a menace to society.
In a case like this do you feel that sole responsibility is sufficient or do we really need to get permission from the bio-father?
To repeat my wife and I have been solely responsible for the childrens daily upbrining. I myself have been living in the Philippines legally as a resident for the past four years.
Please kindly give your opinions and suggestions as how to prove all this.