Q: How can I contact a Judge if I cant attend to a trial in Detroit. Im in Austria
I was 1,5 years in Plymouth area with my husband and son. I filed there for divorce, have a trial today where I can not attend bc I took my son and went to Austria to take care about the house what me and my husband took a big dept on it. Now he will file to bring my son back to USA. we have a shared parenting time.
A: The only thing you can do is to contact the court by telephone and explain the situation to the Judge's clerk to see if the court will adjourn the matter to another date. How long have you been in Austria? Shared parenting time does not mean you can take you child out of the country unless his father granted permission (assuming your son is a US citizen). If your husband has a concern that you will not return your son to the US, then he is filing his request to have the Judge enter an Order to require you to return the child. You don't want to let this get to a point where there's a claim of international child abduction.
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