Q: My ex sued me for custody over 13 years ago. A very long drawn out and expensive process. Three years later he dropped the kids off and has never come back and won't talk to them. They have tried, but his wife and he hang up on them. I have tried to keep my ex's parents close to my kids but he had a lawyer draw up a complaint against me that he was going to pursue a case against me for harassing his parents. All because I would take them there to visit with them. I guess it made him look really bad. So to avoid any more problems I stopped bringing my kids to see their grandparents. It has been 9 1/2 years since my ex and his family has seen the kids. My kids have suffered greatly and I think it is a great injustice that he could do this. Can I or my kids sue for emotional distress or for some type of domestic tort?
A: Although there are some bad grandparents, I can't fathom why a parent would want to keep his parents from seeing his children. The only thing I can think of... is it stops that parent from carrying on with their one-sided stories and lies about their ex's. Often when the children are around or the ex's get the opportunity to speak with the grandparents or even the ex-spouse's new wives or husbands... the truth from the other side comes out. It's a shame that you had to stop the visitation with their grandparents on his account. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to sue him for the kids, but... if at any time the grandparents wish to resume the visitation... by all means, go right ahead.
