Sorry if this was posted before:
Madison's father, Johnny Huckaby of Arkansas, last month filed paperwork to take back his daughter and got the judge to grant him temporary custody. Johnny Huckaby went to Oregon, where he was told Madison was staying, but he found that Lawless had already taken her back to Cypress. Lawless had taken Madison to Oregon to avoid the media, court records state.
Lawless, who was unaware that Johnny Huckaby had been awarded custody, fought back and submitted paperwork to keep her granddaughter. Court documents state that Madison has had little or no contact with her father for four years. Madison lived with Lawless in Cypress from fall 2004 to June 2008, when Huckaby moved to Tracy.
"It is a great injustice for our granddaughter to be placed with a father that she does not know and has had no contact with for the last four years," the court document states.
Johnny Huckaby states in court documents that he was denied contact with his daughter.
Also in court documents, Johnny Huckaby wrote that when he tried to call her in jail, his ex-wife was on suicide watch after trying to swallow three razor blades. He also stated that Huckaby had forged her mother's signature.
A custody hearing is set for July 6.
Kevin Qualls, Lawless' attorney, declined to comment through a receptionist, who hung up the phone on a reporter.
Johnny Huckaby's attorney, Ann Thompson, could not be reached for comment.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/huckaby-court-madison-2424701-lawless-johnny
