Welcome to Family Court and Custody battles:
Father seeks emergency custody of the daughters who are in the custodial custody of the mother.
Judge asks mother: “when was the last time your daughters were in school on a regular basis?”
Mother: “Your honor, the teachers have been on strike and we have no idea when they’ll return. The scholl was behind on payroll.”
Judge: Why haven’t you enrolled them elsewhere?
Mother: I can’t get them into another school midyear.
Father’s Attorney: “Your honor, that’s educational neglect” There’s plenty of room in the schools where the father lives. We seek immediate physical custody for the remainder of the school year.
Judge: Motion Granted, the minor children are to be delivered to the father’s custody and enrolled in his neighborhood school within 48 hours.’
Gavel Pounds, Mother cries, Father and attorney smile.
I have practiced family law for many decades, and scenes like this do happen. I also have had to defend parents against Dept of Children and Family actions to remove from the home children not attending school regularly.