Q: How can I appeal a judgement that modified my sole custody of my 9 ur old daughter. So that I have sole custody again.
Her father has not allowed me to tal to her for the last 2 days. He took away her phone I bought because she sent me text begging me to come and get her and take her home with me. Also sent me messages saying she is nroken hearted without me. She has only lived with me. Never only with her father. She is devistated. Her life has veen turned upside down and shaken and flipped about so life as she has known it.
A: Without knowing why the judgment was modified in the first place, an attorney isn't really going to be able to answer your question. What I would focus on is helping your daughter transition to living with her father if that is what the court ordered for now, and file to get a parenting plan that specifically spells out certain hours and times of the day that your daughter and you can have phone contact without father interfering. Courts don't change custody without having a reason, but if you feel the decision was wrong or unfair, you will need to make an appointment to discuss this with an attorney. But for now, what you can easily modify is the parenting time plan. Changing custody is harder.
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