My FOID card was revoked because the mother of my child sought an order of protection against me. She had tried this twice previously, and both times it fell through because the judges could see through it as she was trying to modify custody in conjunction with it. The last one went through in February of 2016, Despite the fact that I was able to prove to the judge that the mother of my child was lying on her statement on the emergency order of protection that she initially sought as she stated that I had bit and choked her on a specified date. I was able to prove through military orders, DD 214 (military documentation that basically summarizes your careers and dates of training and deployments etc), passports (government and civilian) , two witnesses with whom I served on a deployment, as well as four affidavits from those with whom I served on the deployment, that I was on a military deployment on a completely different continent on the date that she specified. It seemed that her attempt at that order of protection was going to fall through as well until the mother of my child said that she feared for her life because I used to be in the military and that I was a "trained killer." The judge said, "I could see how that could be scary." The judge granted her the order of protection.
The order of protection stayed in place for two years, and there were no violations of it whatsoever. February of this year the mother of my child tried to get it renewed, however, the judge denied her.
I would like to reiterate that there has been no police involvement with myself during the course of the order of protection with the exception of getting a ticket for not wearing my seatbelt. The mother claimed to the police that I violated the order of protection on the 4th of July of 2017, however, I was able to prove to the police that she was lying and had four witnesses corroborating my story, and nothing ever came of it.
I went through the appeals process to try to get my FOID card reinstated, including a certified copy of the order dismissing the order of protection, the document requesting an appeal, a personal statement, and five character statements.
I have no criminal record, and since the order of protection has expired and the judge dismissed her petition to renew it, it would seem that nothing would prevent me from getting my FOID back. However, I mailed all of this in four weeks ago, and I have not heard anything. I do not have a criminal record. I am a teacher, which alone has a pretty strict background check, and while I was in the military, I had a secret security clearance.
Is there any advice that you can give me with regards to my current predicament? Is there anything else that I can be doing? Do I actually need to get a lawyer at this point?
Thank you in advance
The order of protection stayed in place for two years, and there were no violations of it whatsoever. February of this year the mother of my child tried to get it renewed, however, the judge denied her.
I would like to reiterate that there has been no police involvement with myself during the course of the order of protection with the exception of getting a ticket for not wearing my seatbelt. The mother claimed to the police that I violated the order of protection on the 4th of July of 2017, however, I was able to prove to the police that she was lying and had four witnesses corroborating my story, and nothing ever came of it.
I went through the appeals process to try to get my FOID card reinstated, including a certified copy of the order dismissing the order of protection, the document requesting an appeal, a personal statement, and five character statements.
I have no criminal record, and since the order of protection has expired and the judge dismissed her petition to renew it, it would seem that nothing would prevent me from getting my FOID back. However, I mailed all of this in four weeks ago, and I have not heard anything. I do not have a criminal record. I am a teacher, which alone has a pretty strict background check, and while I was in the military, I had a secret security clearance.
Is there any advice that you can give me with regards to my current predicament? Is there anything else that I can be doing? Do I actually need to get a lawyer at this point?
Thank you in advance