It does seem like borderline kidnapping, but since the plan was to wait until some vague period in between August and October to bring them up, I think I will have a better case once we get to October (once the season is over up here). Plus, I'm waiting to see if I have a job by that point (I'm applying all over the country, so I don't want to bring the kids up here only to move to New York two weeks later or whatever).

But if, once the season is over up here, she still refuses to allow contact, I do plan to make some fight for the kids. I'm lucky in that she cannot legally file for divorce until September, and the absolute earliest we could be divorced is October (unlikely, though). I have some time to see if I can turn this around first. If not, well, then your advice is pretty close to what I was planning already. I do want to talk to a lawyer in Arizona first, though, just to see what kind of case I can make.


Me: 35
W: 31
D10, S7, S2, S11 months
M: 11 years
Tricked into separation.
In Last Resort.

My story:
http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1800530#Post180053