Police found Kelsey Small, 27, with Adam Montgomery living in a car in December. She told police that she was not aware Harmony Montgomery was his daughter.
While NH DCYF was awaiting information to complete a report for Massachusetts, a family court in Lawrence abruptly awarded custody to the couple, Gov. Chirs Sununu said.
Blair and Jonathon Miller wrote a letter to Adam Montgomery asking him to cooperate with law enforcement searching for his daughter Harmony Montgomery.
Gov. Chris Sununu in a letter said that had an Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children home study been completed Harmony Montgomery would not have been turned over to her father.
Attorney General John M. Formella did not disclose what detectives found during the search of the home on Gilford Street but continued to ask for the public's help in trying to locate Harmony Montgomery.
Harmony Montgomery's mother had been looking for her during the past year but was blocked by her ex and his current wife, Kayla Montgomery, who thought Harmony was with her mother.
$12,500 in reward money has been posted in an effort to get information leading to the recovery of 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery who has not been seen since 2019.