Portage, IN asked in Child Custody and Child Support for Michigan

Q: The mother of my child Is very uncooperative

The mother of my son name is Cassandra, she has 2 children David is her oldest son he is 6 now. The child we have together is 2 years old now, His name is Liam. Cassandra and I was in the room talking December 2018, with the door open and David was In the living room playing with his toys. He never said anything to us about hurting himself. so that morning we took him to the hospital. The hospital called cps and opened a child abuse case. David was never harmed by anyone. Her court appointed attorney wanted her to blame me because I have a Felony she wouldn’t. So they took me off the case and said I can’t be around David until the case is over. Me and Cassandra got into an argument a year and a half later, about I don’t understand how she feel, She said it’s easy for me to say stop crying everything will be ok. So she said we shouldn’t be together it would be for the best. And when I tried checking on Liam she blocked me, It’s been almost 2 years no contact. I only seen and got

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Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
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  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Licensed in Michigan

A: It's unnecessary an inappropriate to mention full names on a public forum like that. But it sounds like you may need to file a motion with the court where the mother and children live. Since you are the father to only the two year old, that's the only child the court can consider.

Depending on how the CPS case went, the mother may have a legitimate concern that if she lets you have contact with either child, CPS may re-enter the picture and accuse her of failure to protect. You'll just have to work through that in court.

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