Hello All,
I really need your help in getting closure to my sister’s fate.
Let me give you summation of, what happened in the past?
Back in 2003, all of sudden I heard my sister is perilously ill in India. After we arrived in India within a day, she left the world.
My sister was living with her five-year-old daughter in India and her husband lived/lives in USA but my sister got separated (not yet divorced legally) from him years ago (due to some other issues). For all the years after her marriage my father and mother were looking after my sister and her daughter. My sister went through appalling instance like torment from here in-laws, harassment from her husband and they even tried to kidnap her daughter to get back on my family. He left India to US deserting my sister and her child. To give a little milieu about this guy, from the time he got married to my sister, he has been erratic and had wrong intentions in his mind. So poor parents of mine did know how to cope up with him. He played some tricks and literally harassed my sister and family with bad words and actions. Efforts from my parents turned out fruitless. One fine morning he just left to US and he has never seen my sister’s daughter so far.
Since I am being in US, I went to see him to elucidate all the issues. But he verbally abused me before my friends and spoke negligently. My hands were tighten being brother of a poor sister. My family is going through this ordeal since the day my sister got married. And now loss of my sister petrified, my family is wondering how they are going to manage my sister’s daughter?
At one point my sister couldn’t handle this torment anymore, she launched a complaint (Dowry Case) against him and his family. Indian police acted upon receipt of this case and issued arrest warrant for his family through court. Since his parents are living in India they, where taken into jail for 30 days and later released them parole. For him court summon was released and mailed to his home address in US. He declined to accept the court summon. So there is pending arrest warrant for him in India he will/can be apprehended when he arrives in India.
He did visit India twice, when the case was pending but Indian police didn’t act quickly to get him apprehended so he fled India and arrived in US.
Now the biological father is ready to give the adoption rights (He hasn’t seen my sister’s daughter so far) to her grandparents or to her brother. But at the same time, he would like us to withdraw the dowry case, which was legitimately filed by my sister. He is trying to fake all of us as if he is interested with my sister’s daughter.
But my family, whatsoever do not want see him in our lives; he is ready to give in writing that he is no more responsible for this child.
Now I have to decide between my sister daughter future in one hand and on the other hand I would like to see this guy accountable for his actions as below:
Please let me know, if I can take any legal action passed on these following scenarios?
· Deserting my sister and her daughter in India
· Illegally holding on to my sister passport in US, so that my sister cannot enter US in any way
· Also claiming him as a single (not married) in green card application and applying for dissolution of marriage in local county court in US.
(As a brother of a poor sister (typical Indian women), who did not have enough resources and self-esteem to fight this guy, I feel responsibility to legally punish this individual on the above grounds)
At the same time, I understand there is going to be a lot of impact on family fronts because it is going take lot of time, money to pursue this guy etc. More than that my sister daughter custody will not be determined for a long time. Also my parents will not be able to travel to US. They will be pretty much held up in India for their life.
Any legal leads are appreciated.
Thanks in Advance
AwardMyGC
I really need your help in getting closure to my sister’s fate.
Let me give you summation of, what happened in the past?
Back in 2003, all of sudden I heard my sister is perilously ill in India. After we arrived in India within a day, she left the world.
My sister was living with her five-year-old daughter in India and her husband lived/lives in USA but my sister got separated (not yet divorced legally) from him years ago (due to some other issues). For all the years after her marriage my father and mother were looking after my sister and her daughter. My sister went through appalling instance like torment from here in-laws, harassment from her husband and they even tried to kidnap her daughter to get back on my family. He left India to US deserting my sister and her child. To give a little milieu about this guy, from the time he got married to my sister, he has been erratic and had wrong intentions in his mind. So poor parents of mine did know how to cope up with him. He played some tricks and literally harassed my sister and family with bad words and actions. Efforts from my parents turned out fruitless. One fine morning he just left to US and he has never seen my sister’s daughter so far.
Since I am being in US, I went to see him to elucidate all the issues. But he verbally abused me before my friends and spoke negligently. My hands were tighten being brother of a poor sister. My family is going through this ordeal since the day my sister got married. And now loss of my sister petrified, my family is wondering how they are going to manage my sister’s daughter?
At one point my sister couldn’t handle this torment anymore, she launched a complaint (Dowry Case) against him and his family. Indian police acted upon receipt of this case and issued arrest warrant for his family through court. Since his parents are living in India they, where taken into jail for 30 days and later released them parole. For him court summon was released and mailed to his home address in US. He declined to accept the court summon. So there is pending arrest warrant for him in India he will/can be apprehended when he arrives in India.
He did visit India twice, when the case was pending but Indian police didn’t act quickly to get him apprehended so he fled India and arrived in US.
Now the biological father is ready to give the adoption rights (He hasn’t seen my sister’s daughter so far) to her grandparents or to her brother. But at the same time, he would like us to withdraw the dowry case, which was legitimately filed by my sister. He is trying to fake all of us as if he is interested with my sister’s daughter.
But my family, whatsoever do not want see him in our lives; he is ready to give in writing that he is no more responsible for this child.
Now I have to decide between my sister daughter future in one hand and on the other hand I would like to see this guy accountable for his actions as below:
Please let me know, if I can take any legal action passed on these following scenarios?
· Deserting my sister and her daughter in India
· Illegally holding on to my sister passport in US, so that my sister cannot enter US in any way
· Also claiming him as a single (not married) in green card application and applying for dissolution of marriage in local county court in US.
(As a brother of a poor sister (typical Indian women), who did not have enough resources and self-esteem to fight this guy, I feel responsibility to legally punish this individual on the above grounds)
At the same time, I understand there is going to be a lot of impact on family fronts because it is going take lot of time, money to pursue this guy etc. More than that my sister daughter custody will not be determined for a long time. Also my parents will not be able to travel to US. They will be pretty much held up in India for their life.
Any legal leads are appreciated.
Thanks in Advance
AwardMyGC