What happens if you can't attend a CHIPS PETITION AND ?

Question

what exactly is the purpose of one ?

my ex hub won in court 6 yrs ago because he knew the guardian at litem and got sole custody of our 4 kids and married a woman in the court field who helped him do so.

he is in wis.. i live in ny.. he didnt let me see my kids or talk to them for 6 yrs. Now he is in jail on 22 counts of sexual assault and the step mom has temp custody and cps filed a chips. my kids are all teens and want to stay there and he brainwashed them against me and i cant afford a lawyer and am not financially able to go there for court. i have been trying to arrange each one over the phone but if you don't attend are you arrested or is it found default against you. this is not criminal against me.

i have tried and tried to have a lawyer help me but have no success.

Answer 1

I know that a lawyer won't leave the district much less the state and the court will look down on you for not having one, regardless...Wisconsin courts have more corruption than cows have flies.

http://ancpr.com/sample/wi_custodyvisita...

http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/find...

http://caught.net/index.htm

http://www.womenslaw.org/statutes_detail...

http://www.badgerlaw.net/

http://www.constitution.org/abus/discret...

http://www.wicourts.gov/

http://wiscl.wsll.state.wi.us/

http://www.wisbar.org/

I suggest sending your children registered mail that the stepmom can not sign for immediately, to prove you are trying to contact them repeatedly...send cards...letters...poems...consistently and keep proof.

Did he abuse you? Is he a danger to your children? You can look into Act 130 which since 1990 prohibits the abuser from having joint or soul custody. It also works if he abused your children. Most judges have not heard of this but it is your legal right!

Did the stepmom adopt the children? She may have no legal rights at all.