Father in law took the kids without my permission?

[barnett]

ok in need of some advice please. this weekend we have just travelled 300 miles north as my dad has ended up in hospital. we arranged for my husbands cousin (my husbands mums side, husbands parents are divorced and dont speak) to look after the kids while we were out sorting my dad n hospital out. any way while we were out we got a few text messages of my sister in law saying that she thinks its unfair and cruel on my children not letting my husbands dad see our kids just because we have fell out with my husbands dad. just to point out we fell out with my husbands dad because before we left to move 300 miles away his dad went to punch me threatened my husband came round screaming the odds at 1am and woke my kids up in enough time to hear all of this, all because we were moving to cornwall rather than stay in manchester and he couldnt control us or what we do any more. and this is how my husbands dad usually is so he knows as does every one else we want nothing to do with him or want his behaviour influencing our kids, its bad enough some has already rubbed of on my eldest. any way, we told her exactly what had happened between us n my husbands dad and she was like oh er well ive took em round any way (unfortunately whiles my husbands cousin and husbands dad dont talk or get on, my husbands sister still talks to both sides, complicated i no) she was forced and influenced (havent figured which yet) by her dad to take em round, she kept saying well u havent seen him hes changed etc (evidently since hes gone behind our back to get my husbands sister to take the kids sneakily from my husbands cousin using the oh ill just take em to the park trick and take them to see him without our permission) i cannot believe this has happened and now he is sat there smug thinking he has got away with being able to do this, and my husbands sister said she would do it again coz it isnt right, when it is right i dont want my kids any where near a violent alcoholic gambling scrounging sexist man (if u can call him that) i foned the police but they said they couldnt help me really as we live 300 miles away and since the kids are back safely and we were goin back home in a few days that it was pointless as the only thing they could do was get the social services involved because of his violent behaviour. i was told i could take civil action against him but i am on a very low income and rely heavily on tax credits and cannot afford a solicitor however i want him to know he hasnt got away with taking my kids without my permission (both of them) and that this cant happen again and that i dont want him near my kids because of his behaviour. i am trying to do the best thing by my kids i dont want my kids to be subject to all of this i dont want them to witness his behaviour or any of the problems that we have with our extended family, (believe me its messed up hence y i moved to start afresh and give my kids a better start in life) i am so annoyed that they have both done this (i dont blame the babysitter dispite letting ythe kids go, hes only 16, whilst responsible he is a little vunerable i trust him with our kids, or did, but my hubbys sister and dad are both alot older obviously but controling dominent and bossy) i dont know what to do i dont want to just let it go, i know that he has already said that he will come down here to try n see the kids again n doesnt care if he gets the door slammed in his face. im concerned that if he does do that what underhanded tack ticks is he going to use then. any advice on the legal side of stuff and where i stand would be much appreciated appologies its so long and appologies on the spelling, being quite klazy and not checkin it or using text talk. thanks in advance

[jabin20]

In the US..your husbands father would be guilty of kidnapping, a criminal action. You can go round and round with "civil action" which, is completely insane. If anything "civil", you should be talking to a lawyer relating getting a court order to prevent him from being anywhere near the children.
What other relatives think/ don't think is not relevant to your legal authority as to who sees your children and when. By using "pressure" and such, they seem to have prevented you from exercising your legal rights. As for what your children think...that, too, is not relevant legally. It is YOUR JOB to protect your children, including making choices, even if they did "want" to see him.

[wal49]

So you left them with a 16 year old - a minor, and their Grandad wanted to see them. Did they come to any harm. ? It's not kidnap as he is their Grandad.
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