Tomorrow I go to court. UPDATE on Page 2!

[Tuffcookie]

If some of you remember, my ex kept DS on his midweek visitation evening overnight (was suppose to be home at 9 PM) and kept him out of school the next day for a "hooky day". Well, after that episode, there were a couple other incidents that made me realize the only way I was going to be able to settle this was to take him to court for contempt. So, wish me luck fellow DISers. I'm a Leo and we're fiercely protective of our loved ones!

TC

 

[Serena]

I wish you lots of luck and a house to fall on your ex.

 

[shep]

Good Luck TC..

 

[jldriscoll]

Serena....I'm appalled!!! NOT!!!

Good Luck tomorrow!!!! You're doing the right thing. Protect the young one!!

Let us know how it goes.

 

[Serena]

LOL!

 

[aahmom1]

Did he not bother to call you and tell you that he was spending the night?

 

[Tuffcookie]

Aahmom1, Mid-week visitation is suppose to be Wed., 5:30-8 PM. I have gone beyond that and said he could pick DS up after school on that day and keep him until 9 PM. I had to take my mom to Cleveland Clinic that day for her cancer check-up. (This whole thing started Sept. 18) The ex picked DS up at school, gave them a note stating DS would not be in school the next day that he would be with his dad. Then he gets to his house and leaves a message on my answering machine. When I got home I called him back and very calmly stated I expected DS home at 9:00 Pm that night. He never brought him home. DS was not in school the next day. I thought long and hard about the best way to react to this and decided to give him a letter. In my letter I stated that since he abused the vsitation time I had given him, way and above the standard order, we would have to go back to the standard order, which stated 5:30-8 PM. Then I told him he was not to pick DS up at school anymore. (There were times when papers and pictures that went home on the mid week visitation night never reached me!) Would you believe he went to the school anyway and picked him up! (Why the school latch key program allowed this to happen is beyond me because I gave them copies of all the court papers. I have full custody. There was domestic violence, which resulted in me filing for divorce. I plan on addressing this issue with the school after we go to court tomorrow!) Then the ex sends a letter to my house addressed to DS (yeah, like I'm going to let a 10 year old get a letter from his dad under these circumstances without checking it out first! ) In his letter to DS he says he is sorry he is going to have to suspend the visitation for a while because whenever they try to have a little fun together mom goes ballistic! He goes on to say "one of us has to be the grownup and it looks like it's going to be him"! He says, "What is wrong with the world when the school and police are against a dad just trying to have a good time with his son"? This is just a part of the letter but you can see my concern. I have read the letter to DS so the ex can't accuse me of keeping it from him. I have made sure that the school counsellor is available to talk to DS and she says she thinks he's holding up pretty well! So, maybe tomorrow I will get some relief from all this stress I've been under lately.

TC

 

[browneyes]

Good luck tomorrow TC.

 

[kejoda]

Good luck tomorrow Tuffcookie!! We're here for you! Maybe when the ya'yas have to move out of the mansion they can drop it on your ex's head!

 

[aahmom1]

Well I know if my son didn't come home when he was supposed to I would have a cow!! You should have called the police to go over there with you and get him. You do NOT have to put up with that kinda crap!

 

[p-nut]

Good luck tomorrow. Hope everything goes your way.

 

[Tuffcookie]

aahmom1, I work for the police! My lawyer will be presenting the letter that the ex wrote to the school, along with the letter I presented the ex, stating he was not to pick DS up at the school anymore, and the letter he sent DS.

TC

 

[annemariec]

Stay tough cookie. You are doing the right thing.

Wishing you the best tomorrow.
Annemarie

 

[JasonLyons]

good luck Cindy, again let me know if you want me to beat him up

 

[Towncrier]

Break a leg.

Good luck TC. May justice prevail.

 

[KimRaye]

My Best Wishes for some relief in this nightmare. Please let us know how it goes. {{HUGS}}

 

[dizneenut]

Good luck, TC!

 

[Serena]

Good morning, I wish you lots of luck today.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Good luck to you. You are doing the best thing. I have doubts your ex even is doing this for your son's benefit either.

 

[Tony-NJ]

Your doing the right thing.