Case Update (2020): MARG v. Texas Dept. F&PS; Third-Party custody, notice of Hague Abduction return request, inability to conduct home study in foreign country
Some interesting issues arose in the case of MARG v. Texas Department of Family & Protective Services . Third party caregivers were appointed as three (3) children's conservators (custodians) in Texas. The child's mother, from whom the children were removed, was agreeable to the third parties having custody of the children. At first, the father could not be located, and the children's mother told authorities that she did not know his location or have his contact details. The father was appointed an attorney, and eventually was located. He alerted the Texas authorities that the oldest child had been abducted by the Mother quite some time before, and he had no idea to where she took the child. The second child was in utero at the time of the abduction. (The third child is not his child). He claims to have filed a criminal kidnapping action in Guatemala, where he lives, along with a police report, and a filing with the local court. In th...