Laurel, MS asked in Child Custody for Mississippi

Q: I lost custody now custodial parent in jail for murder My son is with custodial parents family and will not give him me

While incarceration i agreed to allow my son to go live with his dad the judge agreed so my son went from dhs custody to his dads custody i never signed anything giving my rights up or anything i never received copy of any custody paper work now im at of jail my sons dad has bern keep my son from me never letting me see him he (sons father) got arrested for murder last night my question is can i legally go get my son from his dads family now that he is charged with murder does custody automatically go back to me i want my son home with me do to the fact his dad murder someone at the home my son lived at cant i get some kind of emergency custody or something i dont even know where my son is at all any one will tell me is he is safe and with dads family who legally has say so over my son now

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Arthur Calderon
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Arthur Calderon
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  • Madison, MS
  • Licensed in Mississippi

A: You need to get with a family law lawyers ASAP. Assuming that there is paperwork giving you joint legal custody, unless there is something saying that you cannot have the child, then you are entitled to have him in your custody.

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