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Father fights to keep custody of his two young boys at the center of an international child custody case.

St. Clair County, Illinois / February 20, 2007 – He’s already outgoing and bright, but David is just 4 years old.  His younger brother Ian is a dare devil who loves matchbox cars.

“They love wrestling and wrestling with each other,” says Charles Paclik, their father.

Paclik says he’s raising his boys as normally as possible, though they may be ripped from his home any day.

The two boys are at the center of a bitter custody battle that could make the movie Kramer v. Kramer look like child’s play.

He met Jenny Urquiaga from Peru while living in Japan. 

When Paclik moved into her apartment complex, he found her stunningly beautiful.  Though, at first, the feeling was not mutual. 

“She seemed to take no interest in me when I first moved in,” Paclik remembers, “but after about two months she became interested.”

He married her a few years later and they had children.

And now his world has unraveled.

He says she tried to drown his four year old in the bathtub.  He says he now believes the marriage was a farce:  Part of a sinister plot for her to gain citizenship; he believes the children are just to a tool to siphon money away from him.

Urquiaga says she is the victim:  that Paclik abused her.  She says, like any good mother, she wants to raise her children.  With help from immigration and court advocacy groups she’s fighting for custody of her kids.

Paclik says she’s lying.  He says he has the documents to prove it—including an arrest report of her breaking into his house to steal the kids.

Yet he feels like he can’t win.

“There are supposed to be laws to protect however so far the only one I’ve seen protected in all of this is an abusive mother,” says Paclik, “certainly not me and most certainly not my children who cannot protect themselves.”

Paclik says he lives a modest life raising three children on an hourly wage in this suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.   But with a court system that’s generally biased against fathers, Paclik fears he might lose his kids.  His attorney agrees.

“These types of abuse cases are extremely difficult to prove,” says Daniel Gueninger, Esq., a former prosecutor who now specializes in Family Law, “it’s not like she’s beating them and leaving marks.”

Another attorney is even less optimistic.

“The deck is stacked against Mr. Paclik,” says Attorney Larry O’Brockman.  “If I were to try this case at this point I would lose, at this point I’m not sure I can get visitation.”

But Paclik is determined to fight and to win.  He says if his estranged wife succeeds, he fears she will kidnap his children and take them to Peru.  And he’d never see them again.

“I don’t want myself and their Grandparents to be completely alienated from David and Ian--I just can’t allow that to happen… I love them too much,” says Paclik.

He’s spent more than $23,000 on attorneys’ fees and says he’s spent every penny he has trying to keep his kids. He is pleading for help.

About Charles Paclik:  Charles Paclik is a father of three living in St. Clair County, Illinois.  He’s fighting for custody of his two children from his estranged wife from Peru.  He has videos, photos and documents that he says proves his case. Videos and documentation available to the media.

 

Contact Info:  To request an interview with Charles Paclik, Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , Phone: (618) 789-1566

 

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