Close to giving up the legal battle

((((((((((((((((((((((((wi)))))))))))))))))))))))))) your lawyer sounds awesome. i'm glad your energies have been somewhat renewed, and your focus restored. you're a great mother.

kd

Parker, my lawyer has said he deals with guys like my ex all the time, and all he's going to have to do is open his mouth for everyone to know the truth.

Thanks Schatze.

Pat, I do have my moments, don't I?

that is good that you have a good lawyer. I had none and I kick myself in the *** everyday for it. Glad things are really starting to work out for you.

Yep, KD, my lawyer is pretty darn cool.

My ex keeps saying things in the heat of the moment that just keep digging him in deeper and deeper. My daughter got in an argument with him yesterday and he told her "fine, you're old enough, you can do what you want." when she told him she hates living there. He's even told her he went against the GAL's ruling after a couple of years when he was "forced" to live with his mother after his parents' divorce. So what's stopping her from getting out of there? He's said she can to her. He told me the kids could live wherever they wanted if they didn't like things after his g/f moved in. He's said he didn't follow the court's ruling when he went through this as a teen. And yet when the legal system deals with him, he fights tooth and nail to keep his kids.

It just solidifies it for me more and more that he's looking after one thing and one thing only - his wallet. If I get the kids even a couple more hours a week when this is all said he done, he will HAVE to pay child support this time. Since I waived it during the divorce (due to his threatening me) the court won't put it into place this time if it remains 50/50.

I might feel threatened by him at times, but I think this time he's feeling more threatened by the courts.

Kathie, I didn't have a lawyer the first time either. This is four years after the fact. I finally got fed up with giving in to his demands, and having to hear his pleas of "I'm so broke, I can't give you $20 to feed the kids during my visitation time while I go on my annual fishing trip." Can't buy his own kids a few t-shirts for summer, but can spend $100 or more building a loft bed for his g/f's son. I'm sick of him putting his kids' needs behind his desires. If I drop this case due to his pressuring me and putting a guilt trip on me, I'm going to be right back where I started. He'd always told me I never did finish anything I started. This time I'm not giving him that satisfaction.

That isso good for you. I am happy that you are "sticking to your guns".

you big ole viking goddess!!!!!!!!!! kick ***! and i'll drive up, if need be. me, fayeroe and little leta . teddy jack will ride in the back, with his doggy assault weapon, on total alert!! boy, wouldn't his eyes get big, if we all marched in the courtroom with you??? i actually would find that to be quite funny. i, too, suffered greatly at the hands of the girl's dad and it ain't gonna happen with you, babe!