I could use your advice.....

@hazydazy (783)
United States
October 19, 2007 9:06pm CST
My sister just came back from Philly. She was living out there with a guy, that for lack of a better word is a complete a$$hole. He was mentally, physically and emotionally abusive to her and her daughter from a marriage. This guy will call our mother at 3 AM to tell her that they are fighting and that her and her daughter are out walking the streets and he doesn't know where they are....and then hang up and not let my sister call for days. We don't know what is going on. We have tried to get her to leave him and she will for a day or two and them she goes right back to him. To make matters worse she just had his child....a son. They got into a huge fight last night and the police were called. He knows the chief of police and most of the cops. So she was made out to be the bad guy and he has their son. The police actually told her that since he was holding the baby he gets to keep him and she needs to go back where she came from. Friends went to get her and her daughter and now her son is with a wacko 3 hours away. She has no idea what to do. I don't either. I have never been through anything like this. We live in PA. Is there anyone out there that had a similar experience or knows the laws. It seems to me that the police were wrong. She just wants her son back. Who do we call? What do we need to do? HELP!!!!
4 responses
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
3 Feb 08
If he is abusive she can turn it into the Family Services Hotline and they will investigate and she can petition the courts for joint custody. If she has any proof of the abuse, whether it is against her or the children, she can use that to at least have the child removed and placed in protective services. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
21 Oct 07
She is probably going to have to get a lawyer. She is in a bad situation that is not going to have an easy way out. A lawyer will be able to tell her what she can do without getting herself into a lot of trouble.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
20 Oct 07
well since he actually ran her away from the house she will have to hire and attorney..If he was not so abusive she could have made peace with him and made him think all was well and when he was gone she could have packed her children up and left him,but sie and her daughter has already left and he has the son,she will need to file abuse charges on him and hire her an attorney.....I hate to hear this some men just abusive A$$ holes....
• United States
20 Oct 07
She needs to take him to court and fight for custody.