Thanks Tanya. I have friends who say I won't have to lose the dog, that they'll take her for me until I can find a place where she's allowed. I can't bear to give the cats up though.

I'm starting to think I'm going to have to squeeze us into a 2 BR place, which means I'll have to share a room with my daughter full time since she and her brother obviously can't share one. She already finds excuses to sleep in my room instead of her own. I guess now it'll just be official.

I'm so annoyed. If I received child support, I wouldn't have these worries, but there's no way I'm going through the court system yet again.