Had a similar fight in Illinois. The courts allowed the ex to keep the kids even after kidnapping them and refusing to allow me to even talk to them on the phone. Ex was purposely lying about me, pushing the kids away, and claiming everything done on his side was done on mine. Ex's family even joined in on the lies. I finally was allowed to visit but had to stay within a certain range. Couldn't take them out of state to see family. The in and out of court battles lasted 10 yrs. Cost me at least 20k every single time. You really have to toe the line once courts are involved. I had a Class X felony hanging over my head the entire time – 50 yrs in jail. One screw up and I was done. The charges they threatened me with were bogus..But what do you do??
They don't want to bring attention to it