Good day everyone. I am new here and this is my first thread. i hope that I will receive some advise by posting here.
The situation is that my wife took my son from the DR to the USA without my knowledge or consent.
My wife, kids and I are living in the DR for around eight years. We have two children which are both minors. My wife and two children are USA citizens (the kids were born there), I am British.
My wife and I are seperated for 2 years now. We both live in Santo Domingo and I see the kids almost daily.
A few days ago the kids and my wife flew to NY without my knowledge or consent. Now I have beeen informed through a chat with my daughter that my son will be left behind in NY and only my wife and daughter will return here. My wife wants to leave my son in her sisters house, in which exist deploarable conditions.
No one has ever asked me or seeked my consent for anything. not for leaving the country nor for him moving to the USA. We have never been infront of any judge and I have full parental rights as father.
My questions are , were laws broken here? What is my best way to proceed here? Is it not illegal for for my wife's sister to house a minor against the fathers wishes? How can I get my son back?
Unfortunately I have been hit a bit hard by the current economic crisis and I do not have a fortune to hand over to an attorney to take care of this. Thank you in advance.
The situation is that my wife took my son from the DR to the USA without my knowledge or consent.
My wife, kids and I are living in the DR for around eight years. We have two children which are both minors. My wife and two children are USA citizens (the kids were born there), I am British.
My wife and I are seperated for 2 years now. We both live in Santo Domingo and I see the kids almost daily.
A few days ago the kids and my wife flew to NY without my knowledge or consent. Now I have beeen informed through a chat with my daughter that my son will be left behind in NY and only my wife and daughter will return here. My wife wants to leave my son in her sisters house, in which exist deploarable conditions.
No one has ever asked me or seeked my consent for anything. not for leaving the country nor for him moving to the USA. We have never been infront of any judge and I have full parental rights as father.
My questions are , were laws broken here? What is my best way to proceed here? Is it not illegal for for my wife's sister to house a minor against the fathers wishes? How can I get my son back?
Unfortunately I have been hit a bit hard by the current economic crisis and I do not have a fortune to hand over to an attorney to take care of this. Thank you in advance.