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My daughter left her abusive BF and now she and the baby live with us. So much has been crappy. She had an intake for legal aid right after she left in Jan and talked once with a lawyer who is supposed to get back to her to let her know if she is officially being represented by legal aid. The couples therapist they were seeing gave her a friend's number who is a family lawyer and she would take her case for a reduced retainer of 2k instead of 5k. My FIL was nice enough to write her a check for 2200$ 2k as a retainer and 200 to open a new bank acct because he stopped his direct deposit but overdrew her acct anyway. She closed it. He should have been paid twice and we have received nothing. She cant file for food stamps without some idea of how much she would get in child support. Before the TRO she let him facetime and we even let him visit his son here (even though its all for show) and I heard him tell the baby that daddy has a toy for him and Im thinking how about daddy bring over some diapers?
I have been reading so much legal stuff and as I understand it:
The little hearing they had for the TRO was to decide to extend it. The judge was snippy and didnt want to hear anything other than the order so then my daughter said she wanted council and it was adjourned until 2/23. If I have it right at that hearing he could be given a final restraining order(which she doesnt want, she wants to coparent) Or something called a civil restraint and if both parties agree THEN they can talk about child support, custody and visits. He needs supervised visits.
Do I have any of that right? If she quickly hires this lawyer because legal aid drags their feet can that lawyer ask for more time. Right now she only has a week.
Honestly anyone who has been through Domestic violence and TRO's/RO's and had children please chime in.
If someone is familiar enough with the laws in NJ enough so I can ask the right questions please chime in. Everyone weigh in.
Sometimes I lose my own threads so if you are someone who uses the @ tagging feature please feel free.
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