Can you imagine what it could be like if FD gets those children back? They will be ruined. I am just afraid that FD has had enough time with them already. Hopefully, GF will manage beautifully with them.
My Problem with FD getting custody, is that GF and JD's sister, will NEVER see the children again.
However, the Divorce/Custody Judge, Heller, cannot override the criminal court order of FD not having contact with JD's children and JD's family.
However, Judge Heller could give custody to FD's family member and could very well be FD's niece that we have seen with FD in the media recently.
My Problem with FD's Niece getting custody, is that GF and JD's sister, will NEVER see the children again.
Yes, the Court has the children's US Passports, and although FD was instructed not to get Greek Passports, that does not mean that he does not Have Greek Passports for the children.
However, as I have noted before, you do not need a Passport to fly on a Private Plane out of a Private or smaller Airport. The Pilot does not even need to file a flight plan. It is recommended, but a non commercial plane is not required to file a flight plan.
FD supposedly has a friend with a private plane. Those beautiful children will be quickly sent to live in any other country, never to return to the US regardless of any court order to keep them in the US. Once they are gone, it is much harder to get them back.
FD may be able to submit that his Niece from Greece, who has been seen with FD lately, has a ''Parent Child Relationship with the children (NOT) and she could take custody and he could agree to have no contact with them.
However, once those children are in the Niece's custody, they WILL disappear.
Extradition Treaties do Not cover people who have not been accused/convicted of committing a crime.
FD could abscond with the children as well.
This could be to a non-extradition treaty country.
The US does have a treaty with Greece, but there are countries who do not.
In the Divorce and Custody documents, JD alleges that FD said he would take the children to a ski resort where everyone there, is always wearing a ski mask.
At that point, the Children will be gone, never to return to the US.
I beg that Judge Heller give full custody to GF. This is not permanent until after FD is convicted and sentanced. Until then, GF can have temporary Full Custody.
It would not be a problem for GF to move with the children to NC and continue with their current school in September.
IMO, they will Not live at 69WL.
The children might feel otherwise and want to live at 69WL to be where they were last with their mother. So, I could be wrong. I would definitely consider the wishes of the children.
Unfortunately, GF sold the Pound Ridge estate and would need to find other arraignments if need be. Pound Ridge would have been perfect, since it is just up the road from the New Canaan school.
It will be Very difficult to get the children into another private school at this point. As I have noted before, New Canaan school required applications be submitted a year in advance. In my experience, that is the standard protocol for most private schools.
Many public schools in CT are above the standard and are very capable of providing an excellent education. My parents sent me to public schools and we sent our children to public schools. However, if we had not lived where we were, we would have sent them to private schools.
Since the children are in this Catastrophe, they Need some Normalcy, Consistency, and Protection in their lives and I would highly suggest keeping them in their current NC school. Especially the teenagers. They may only have one more year at NCCD school and during that year, GF could make other private school arraignments for them all for the 2020/2021 year.
A smaller private school is better adept at providing These children with the atmosphere most needed by them at this point.