My story is a rather long one, but I'm reaching out in hopes that someone can give me some advice on my particular case. I'm a 20 year old mother of two. My son got taken away from me by his father, I still have custody of my daughter (she has a different dad). Anyway, my ex and I have been on bad terms ever since we broke up. Mainly because I refused to get back together with him because he's abusive. I'm a tennessee resident, his father lives in Kentucky. Last year when my son was having his weekend visitation with his dad, he never came home. His dad took him to social services and claimed that I had abused him. Of course, I did not abuse my son. But try to convince a judge that has been friends with my ex and his family for years that I didn't. My family and I looked at the so-called pictures of the bruises on my sons body. And they were your everyday bruises that children aquire from just everyday activities. I attended every court date, every 1 hour supervised visitation (even though I live 4 hours away), everything. I called the social worker over my case and she said the court order had expired and that she didn't know if I could see my son again. They never proved me guilty of child abuse, mind you...and they didn't even give me any options so that I could try to get my son back...besides paying 2000$ to get the case tried again. I don't have that type of cash...I wish I did. But even if I would've, if it was kept in that county I seriously doubt I would've gotten him back anyway. His father and his family have moved and changed all their phone numbers..I can't even call my son or even send him a christmas gift or birthday card. I'm really wondering if all of this is legal. They never terminated my parental rights and they keep saying that the court order for visitation has expired so I can't even see him for the 1 hour supervised visits anymore. I'm so confused and have no idea what to do. But I suspect foul play..and I just don't know how to deal with everything legally. Does ANYONE have any advice or know what I should do from here? I've heard from several people that by law, as his mother, I'm suppose to have a contact number to be able to get in touch with my son. Any advice would help immensely...I'm about to lose my mind.
