Like the title explains: my dad decided to use my identity to steal $300k from the federal government through PPP fraud. My dad has claims since day one my stepmother was complicit, despite her not being charged. She ultimately was indicted for stealing 300k through the VA and other avenues. Because of this happening, my dad for some reason feels vindicated. My family feels as though this makes his crime null and void?
Anyway, my dad has been contacting me since around january. He sends a crazy amount of letters, calls, he started texting after I unblocked him to ask him to stop. He then started sending gifts and letters to my ex husband’s house (we have 50/50 custody). My ex is rightfully super creeped out and I had to ask him to stop again. Saturday he recorded my sister (10F) asking my daughter (8F) to text her number. My dad’s voice is in the video directing my sister what to say. My sister had a learning disability, so this could never have been organic. She also hasn’t texted my daughter since 2023 (step mom had custody and didn’t want her talking to us).
My question:
What are my options to enforce no contact? I’m in Virginia and my dad is in WV and was worried about possible grandparent rights. I also don’t know if I can get a restraining order from out of state or if I have to travel there? I have tried to call the state police and police in his county with no luck. I will of course try again, I just don’t know how to get anyone to take me “seriously.” I just don’t know how to go about legally making him leave us alone.
Location:
Dad- WV
Me- VA
Comments
NAL
Grandparents rights usually require the grandparent to have meaningful relationship with your child and usually for you to be dead or unavailable.
I would return to seller all the “gifts”, block/mute him throughout your life and remove any social media from your child and change your daughter’s cellphone number. Remember to remove your father from any things like schools whatnot that your child is not to be released to him. Just in case, make sure you lock down your child’s SSN (you obviously locked down your SSN but might have given him your child’s SSN for something like a 529 or something)
The rest is just filing complaints for ignoring the restraining order.
edit: missed the whole jail part.