ATTORNEY WILLING TO TAKE ON A CHILD CUSTODY BATTLE?
Posted by adminSep 29
The ex husband keeps taking me back to court for increased custody. We have gone to court almost annually since 2002. He was seeking full custody last year claiming because he was on disability retirement it makes him a better parent, the mediator mistakenly gave him 70% custody, prior he had 30% but mediator ‘thought’ he had 50% custody. After a trial Judge ordered 50/50. Kids are not happy and only wanted a little more time with dad. Now that it’s been a year he is going back for full custody after discovering I plead no contest to a DUI last October. (I didn’t have the money to fight the charge, btw I was parked in a private parking lot at the time of my arrest). The kids have expressed numerous times they don’t like being at their dad and step mom’s home as much as they are required to. All year long I suffer harassing emails from him, I receive memberships to websites he and his wife sign me up for with out my knowing, constant scrutiny of ALL aspects of my life, from parenting to the decision of the puppy we recently added to our family and telling the kids their opinion of me, even though he made it a part of the court order not to speak about each other in front of or to the kids. I told the judge in the hearing in April of this year that I just want to have to stop coming to court and this constant battle with ex husband. I want to move on but every step I take I get whipped back in to court. The time and energy it takes, completely absorbs my time. Anyone who knows the particulars of the court battle all say the same, he’s out to destroy you is all. How can I get this to end?
2 comments
Comment by CaCO3Girl on 09/29/2011 at 9:42 pm
Once one of the children turns around 12 the court will take into account THEIR opinion on where they want to live.
Until then you just have to keep going.
Comment by semperfi4life on 09/29/2011 at 9:53 pm
Try legal zoom