Q: What if somebody makes up lies that my child's life is in danger to be granted emergency guardianship to my child.
The lies were proven in court and judge told her to return the child and she did not. She hid my child causing her to not be able to attend school, I thought my child might be dead. At contempt hearing the judge said there was not an order even though I have a recording of him saying it and last thing on min order says child is to be returned by the end of the day. After being missing for 2months my child turned herself in to CPS. Cps didn't contact me and placed my child in an abusive environment. Judge ordered me to pay contempt attorney bills of the other party. The petition filed to gain emergency guardianship didn't have the proper paper work attached. As evidenced by the file date on them. Having a hard time paying for somebody's lawyer that illegally stole my child. The anguish and turmoil I endured not knowing my child's whereabouts for that long has affected me in ways I can't begin to describe. How should I proceed.
A:
First off, I am so sorry you're experiencing this.
Now, unfortunately, what you've written here is a bit confusing and inconsistent. On one hand, you're saying that there was a formal contempt order from the court, but on the other hand you're saying the same judge who issued that order later said that this was not true. You're also saying that, for some unstated reason, you were ordered to pay fees/costs, which is unusual if you were truly not implicated in the contempt issues somehow. You will need to sit down with a lawyer to discuss the case in much more detail to truly assess what happened in the past and what your options are now.
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