1/14/14 - A trial date has been set for a woman arrested after police say she fled the state with her two young children. Following her divorce in Livingston County, 33-year-old Christie Hope-Erwin Clancy of Westland was arrested in New York last month for failing to return her children to their father in August. Because the divorce was handled in Livingston County, the warrant was issued and her trial is being handled locally. Clancy has been bound over to circuit court on a misdemeanor count of unlawful retention of a child by a parent, and her trial has been scheduled for April 7th. She is being held on a $20,000 bond. The childrenâs father, who resides in Texas, has legal custody of the children, a 4-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy. However, the day before she was due to return them to their father, Clancy was seen packing her van with personal items. A tip later led police to Saranac Lake in upstate New York, where they located Clancy and the children, who were returned to their father. (TD)
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