emergency help))))))))))))

[I&her 1]

I Am moroccan married to an american citizen from philadelphia PA since march 2009,we got married in morocco,she came back to usa and there she delivered our son in the end of 2009.she filed for me but later she changed her mind and hired a lawyer for a divorce.I Don't want to go to the human side in the story,I just want help about the law side and rights.I can't go to see my son there because of the stupid visa law and she doesn't want to bring him here so I can see him.I want help what or how should I do with this woman to save my rights as a father.thank you so much for help

[one-heart 2]

what ??????? its soooo bad what so she did

i know there some bi...... that destroy the marriage name and i have my wife from the same place and the sam country and im moroccan too

i dont believe what you said and im sure it happened

may allah help you and give you patient , and for sure there is somthing you can do but its gonna be a long way that will need alot of patient

i swear i ask allah to help you and make a big gate for you so you can seee your son

[Ontarkie 14,409]

Moved to Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits as this is not a CR1/IR1 topic.

I&Her, No need to post in more then one place, members will respond to your post when they see it. Sometimes it just takes a little while.

Edited June 22, 2012 by Ontarkie

[aaron2020 11,651]

what ??????? its soooo bad what so she did

i know there some bi...... that destroy the marriage name and i have my wife from the same place and the sam country and im moroccan too

i dont believe what you said and im sure it happened

may allah help you and give you patient , and for sure there is somthing you can do but its gonna be a long way that will need alot of patient

i swear i ask allah to help you and make a big gate for you so you can seee your son

I am not accusing the OP of anything. I am only commenting on One-Heart's conclusion that the OP's former wife is a "bi...... that destroy the marriage name" without knowing the details of the OP's marriage.

One-heart, you, don't know what happen, and neither do I. There may have been a very good reason why she filed for divorce. Calling the OP's former wife a "bi....." without knowing the details is naive.

Everyone though my former son-in-law was a good guy. Then he hit my step-daughter. He put her in the hospital. She divorced him. Divorcing her abusive husband doesn't make her a "bi....."

Once again, I am not accusing the OP of anything. I don't know what happened in his marriage. All I am saying is that it is unfair to call his former wife a "bi..... that destroy the marriage name" without knowing what happened and only after hearing one side.

Edited June 22, 2012 by aaron2020

[aaron2020 11,651]

I Am moroccan married to an american citizen from philadelphia PA since march 2009,we got married in morocco,she came back to usa and there she delivered our son in the end of 2009.she filed for me but later she changed her mind and hired a lawyer for a divorce.I Don't want to go to the human side in the story,I just want help about the law side and rights.I can't go to see my son there because of the stupid visa law and she doesn't want to bring him here so I can see him.I want help what or how should I do with this woman to save my rights as a father.thank you so much for help

Contact your government and ask for help.

If you want to exercise your rights as a father, then you need to file a lawsuit in family court in the state where your son lives. Without your ex-wife's cooperation, a lawsuit is your only option.

Edited June 22, 2012 by aaron2020

[Anh map 2,098]

I Am moroccan married to an american citizen from philadelphia PA since march 2009,we got married in morocco,she came back to usa and there she delivered our son in the end of 2009.she filed for me but later she changed her mind and hired a lawyer for a divorce.I Don't want to go to the human side in the story,I just want help about the law side and rights.I can't go to see my son there because of the stupid visa law and she doesn't want to bring him here so I can see him.I want help what or how should I do with this woman to save my rights as a father.thank you so much for help

A court cannot issue you a visa to come and visit. A court can order the mother to allow you to visit with your child here in the US. That may be a supervised (with a court officer) visit or not.

As posted above, you will need the help of a US family law attorney. I suggest that you find an attorney with experience with cases involving parents who live outside the US.

After that you would have to secure a visa to visit.

[nicky&imad 16]

very sad and I hope that you can see your son someday. I don't think it is right that you have not seen him and I understand the distance is the issue also. It could also be she knows that the law that if she were to bring your son too see you, you could refuse her to leave with him, since the father has the rights in Morocco. I did read up on that and this could scare her also. As another person said, I dont know your situation,I am just trying to think of reasons why she won't bring your son too see you.

http://travel.state.gov/abduction/country/country_509.html

[MIBEN 83]

It is always unfortunate when a child is kept from a parent. You said that she had the child in the US do you know if you were added to the birth certificate? Has paternity been proven? I am not passing judgement on anyone but those are key facts if you decide to fight for your parental rights. As stated earlier the State Department warns American women that a father can keep the child from leaving Morocco and vice versa it will be a tough task trying to force her to bring the child to you.

Good luck,

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Just the facts, as the saying goes...

There's no way any family court in the US is going to order her to bring the child to Morocco for visits with his father. Even though Morocco is a signatory to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, Morocco only complies with the convention as far is it agrees with Moroccan law. Parental rights in Morocco are based on Islamic law, and the father has the absolute right to determine if the child will be permitted to leave the country, even if the child has a US passport. In other words, Morocco won't recognize the custody order of the family court in the US, and the family court would never order the child to be taken to a jurisdiction where their orders won't be recognized.

You're never going to get a US court to order her to bring the child to Morocco, so the child isn't coming to Morocco unless she voluntarily agrees to bring it.

If you hire an attorney to represent you in family court in the US then there is a very good chance the family court will order joint custody of the child. However, family courts routinely forbid either parent from removing the child from their jurisdiction without the permission of the other parent. If you attempted to leave the US with the child then you could be arrested for attempted international child abduction.

If you want to be involved in the child's life then you should first hire an attorney to represent you in the family court, and then try to get a visitor visa so you can visit your son occasionally in the US.

[Sandra G. 5,057]

JimVaPhuong is correct a U.S. Court won't allow you to bring the child to Marocco. An American child with a Moroccan father is considered Moroccan, the child can't leave Marocco without your approval. Noncustodial parent is entitled to visitation right, a U.S. Court may allow you to visit your child in the USA, but you have to solve the problem regarding the tourist visa.