Q: How do I get parental rights back?
I was arrested 4/17 with drug charges in Shelby county KY. My children weren't home at the time and I was released before they were to be home. My husband (separated since 5/2013) never brought them home and picked them up from school so the bus wouldn't bring them home. I was evicted in 5/2017. Court proceedings were in Henry county Kentucky. The judge granted him temporary custody for a year with me having supervised visitation and a drug assessment (performed at Franklin county probation in 17). The year of custody for him ended 4/18. I wasnt given a lawyer and because the case ended I cannot be given one or be put on the docket to try and recieve one. It was listed under a domestic violence dispute between me and the father (I assume because it began with me calling 911 for my upstairs neighbor who was being abused at the time) and nothing was said about the custody of my children (they weren't home at the time of arrest so CPS wasn't called). Neither county can give me advice.
A: You will have to file a motion for return of the children in the Henry County case where the judge originally gave your husband custody for one year.
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