Heather Wyatt’s daughter Danielle was a victim of sexual assault by Heather’s former husband who was arrested on September 3, 2010. After he was convicted and sentenced to prison in January, 2011, his parents, who were not related to Danielle, filed for access to her.

Although Heather was considered a fit parent, and giving Danielle to her grandparents could put her at risk of further contact with the man who had assaulted her, the judge removed Danielle from her mother and sent her to live with her step-grandparents on September 11, 2012.

FFP worked to get Danielle returned to Heather through litigation, but this did not occur until September 5, 2014, nearly two years later.