Custody & Kidnapping

In general, when the custody of children is divided between two parties, the day-to-day routine of the children (including where they go, who they see, who they talk to, what they do) may be under the control of the legal parent/custodian who has the children at that time. In some cases, if one custodian feels that the other custodian is wrongly withholding the children or wrongly refusing contact, that custodian may try to amend the custody order to ask for some sort of communication schedule when the children are not in his/her physical custody. For example, a person may file in court to ask the judge to order a daily or weekly phone call at a certain time of night. I cannot speak to what is commonly done in your county or what might be possible in your specific case. For advice, you may want to talk to a lawyer who practices family law (custody) in your state. We have links for lawyers, some of which may be free or low-cost on our website here: LINK