Tuesday was our final trial. No seriously, it's actually over this time.
As I presumed, W. was a no-show. The courts ordered that he is permitted supervised visitation after her jumps through a number of hoops, including paying off his portion of the fees to the guardian ad litem, submit to a hair follicle drug test and coming back to court or mediation to set up an official visitation schedule. Even after all of those steps, W. will only be receiving supervised visitation with Jellybean as the court ordered. And if he didn't care enough to jump through those (same exact) hoops while we were in the middle of the court case, I just don't see him starting all over anytime soon.
Congrats I bet its a BIG relief off your shoulders!
ReplyDeleteFinally! Unfortuneately you still have to deal with him and his family.
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you for sharing what you have. I found out on Friday that I will be working with a GAL for my situation which is very much like yours. I literally found your blog moments after finding out that the next step for us was to be appointed a GAL. What made finding you so great was that on the very same day I found our situation was beginning yours had hopefully ended. I feel like I have been handed the baton, that's how close the timing was!
ReplyDeleteI hope that sharing my experience will help others the way yours has me.
Good luck with everything!
@Alyssa--It is somewhat fortunate and unfortunate that we probably won't have to deal with either W. or his family anymore. His family has never made much effort to see Jellybean and W. has made is instability pretty clear.
ReplyDelete@Starthrower--I'm very glad to hear that, if anything, you at least know you're not the only one going through this. Please share your story as time progresses, I'll be sure to be peeking at your blog while you do!
Glad to hear it's all over for you - seems like such a head ache!
ReplyDeleteAdded this comment on your old blog, not sure if you read them so have forwarded to your new blog...thanks...I was divorced in 1999. I have a question for you...I live in NH and finally after 2 years have a GAL on the case. My ex wants primary custody of our almost 15 year old daughter. He lives in Utah with his girlfriend. He only pays child support because it is through the state. All other monies he and his lawyer dodge and weave to pay. How can I impress on the GAL that my daughter is mature enough to decide if she wants contact with her father? He (in my opinion) is doing this to get at me and cannot see past his anger. He says that I am mentally unstable, alleges in court documents that I am abusive and her stepfather is also abusive. Anytime I ask for evidence he does nothing and neither does his lawyer. There is so much more to this case. I just want my daughter to be allowed to make decisions on where she wants to live and with whom and what she does on her vacations. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi ProSeInNH,
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure if you would check back here for a reply, so I commented on your blog. Hope I was able to answer your questions and feel free to email me or comment with more. I hope my experience can help you!