A Day in the Life of a Divorced Dad

Some fun correspondence between myself and my lawyer.  It goes on… and on… and on.  The names have been changed to protect… my privacy…

The parenthesis are for your benefit… enjoy…

Dear Attorney Smith,

 At this point I am out ~$1200 in legal fees and about eight months of hassle with nothing to show for it. Not that I expect you to make things magically happen, but nothing productive is going to come of this because Marie (AKA the witch)  has continually negotiated in bad faith for the last year with all parties involved. She has made many unfulfilled promises to grant me primary placement of Ron and to jointly decide on the educational direction of all the children.  (The Ex is home schooling the kids which is kinda scary) These broken promises and the ensuing paperwork have become expensive in both time and energy.   

And this afternoon, she was happy to brag to me that I was ‘losing those half weekends.’  I was polite and let her know that I think she had been ‘misinformed.’ (Die in a fire you [expletive deleted])  

At this point, I have no intention whatsoever of giving up that half weekend or anything else(But the courts will probably take my Other ball this time…).  Nothing. Marie (AKA The Maker of Eunuchs) never once asked me if Ron could come live with me; she made that decision, not me, not Ron and had him call and inform me of that.  I’m very pleased to have him, but she made that decision.  She didn’t call or contact him for months and during the entire last year I have been very open, if not aggressive, in my attempts to reconcile the relationship between her and Ron (Yes… my son now hates his mom…). To date, she has taken him out once, and only once, last November (for a milk shake at a truck stop… Oh Boy…) .  After Ron’s first weekend following the incident at Devil’s Lake she accused him of betraying Joel, she sent him home early.  She asked him to leave.  Just think about that for a moment… Any court in the country is going to take a very dim view of a parent accusing a child of betrayal because the step parent, in a fit of anger, punched the child repeatedly.  

So the Stipulation I emailed to you and you forwarded to Attorney Jones is the final offer. She can sign or I can opt for one of two directions:  

1.) Drop the motion entirely for now- I can withdraw the Motion and let Ron choose when he goes to his Mom’s… which is the way she said she wanted it.  She isn’t going to grab him because Ron is very dangerous to her… he can talk, he can call the cops the next time Earl punches him or his siblings.  And the Jerkwater, USA PD and Social Services are fully aware of Marie (AKA rancid vile spawn of Satan)  from her past activities. If she cannot or will not tell her husband ‘hands off the children’ local law enforcement will be happy to explain it to them.  

2.) Pay you another $3000 (Ka-Ching!!!)and amend the motion to go for Ron and the other three on the basis her husband is unstable and has consistently over the last five years spanked, pushed, grabbed and punched the children, that she is in contempt of the original order giving me equal say over their education and the very poor past treatment of the kids… which the children themselves can tell to a Guardian Ad Litem or Family Court Counselor and is well documented. 

She and her husband broke the law, abused and tormented the kids and I’m not giving up anything, especially what equates to almost two weeks of time with the children per year, because of her poor conduct and poorer judgment. The choice is hers.  I’m not buckling under.  She can sign or I choose one of the preceding options. 

If you do not get confirmation of her agreeing to the last Stipulation by today, Friday July 7th, let me know.  I’ll take the weekend and decide what would be the best course of action and to get the necessary funds forwarded to you by Monday, so we can proceed with a motion for primary placement of all four children. 

Thanks for your hard work and diligence. 

Sincerely,

Eric