Back from court - update ...

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Back from court - update ...
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Thu, 05-12-2005 - 3:23pm

I suppose i sort of "won", but truly i feel no real "joy" or as if i "beat him". Its just sad, all around. He is so lost. So angry. So alone. But he put himself right where he is. He was playing "poor me" when we spoke b4 the proceedings in the hall. (at least we can be fairly cordial to eachother). Until he told me he "woudlnt be able to go to Ave's gradution (on a wed am) or dacne recital (on a sat pm) "b/c i just cant. I cant take off more work, i am about to be fired as it is b/c all i do is have to come to court & take days off". I said "you cant leave work for an hour the morning of the grad?" he said "nope". (errr! How the heck will Ave feel!?!) & then i said "Well, you dont work Sat nites, so you can do to the recital" & he siad "Nope, i cant". & he tried to refuse the paperwork w/ the times & dates of it all, but i made him take it. Poor poor pity him.


The GAL report was the big issue today, the biggest of which was custody. She awarded "joint legal" for both parties, & "physical placement" with me. I believe that means "sole physical", but when i asked my lawyer if it did, he sort of cut me off saying "Lets not get into semantics, she lives with you as her primary parent, its all the same". (yeah, i was

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 05-12-2005 - 5:11pm

"Daddy has to work, so we're going to take LOTS of pictures so that he can see what happened, and you can tell him all about it the next time you see him."


Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Thu, 05-12-2005 - 5:27pm
yeah, i talked w/ teh DV advocate & she said what i was awarded as perfect. Just what should haev been done. So

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 05-12-2005 - 11:08pm

EXACTLY!!!!


Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~