deenatxscrub
Junior Member
im in austin texas.....
i was told by many drs that i could not conceive...after 6 yrs, i did. 1 week afte i found out my husband was arrested on his 5th DWI! I thought at the time it was his 4th, but found out later i was wrong. He spent my entire pregnancy and first 18 mos of her life in prison. when he got out i remained in east texas near my mom for support and he lived in austin. in april, he was arrested again! for his 6th DWI! i can not stand this person anymore. I have a responsibilty to my daughter to protect her and all I can think about is getting a divorce and sole custody before he gets out this time (on his short 7 year sentence...unbelievable!!!). He will get out on parole I'm sure and when he does, he will drink and get behind the wheel again. He will probably kill someone this time and I REFUSE to let that be my daughter! He has 2 other children ages 12 and 14 and the mother fled the state for this very reason. He put no effort in finding them and he is a deadbeat father. I wish he would just sign away his parental rights so I can change her name...and mine, back to my maiden name, but I don't see him offering that while locked up. What are my options??? I know any judge would not even allow him visitation that wasn't supervised, but I cringe at the thought of him even having that right. In my eyes, he gave up all of his rights when he got in a vehicle (company vehicle at that!) and drove drunk again!! I will do what I can to petition the parole board not to release him early, but he WILL get out someday and I do NOT want him in our lives. Someone please help me. If you think I'm being harsh, you don't understand the full situation. My family completely supports me in these decisions and my brother was a very close friend of his, but they realize I HAVE to do what's best for my daughter. Please advise me if you can. Thank you!PS...I am about to move back to the austin area and get back into my profession and be a single working mom. We have just been approved for a house to lease and I'm excited to be raising my daughter in the Austin area.
i was told by many drs that i could not conceive...after 6 yrs, i did. 1 week afte i found out my husband was arrested on his 5th DWI! I thought at the time it was his 4th, but found out later i was wrong. He spent my entire pregnancy and first 18 mos of her life in prison. when he got out i remained in east texas near my mom for support and he lived in austin. in april, he was arrested again! for his 6th DWI! i can not stand this person anymore. I have a responsibilty to my daughter to protect her and all I can think about is getting a divorce and sole custody before he gets out this time (on his short 7 year sentence...unbelievable!!!). He will get out on parole I'm sure and when he does, he will drink and get behind the wheel again. He will probably kill someone this time and I REFUSE to let that be my daughter! He has 2 other children ages 12 and 14 and the mother fled the state for this very reason. He put no effort in finding them and he is a deadbeat father. I wish he would just sign away his parental rights so I can change her name...and mine, back to my maiden name, but I don't see him offering that while locked up. What are my options??? I know any judge would not even allow him visitation that wasn't supervised, but I cringe at the thought of him even having that right. In my eyes, he gave up all of his rights when he got in a vehicle (company vehicle at that!) and drove drunk again!! I will do what I can to petition the parole board not to release him early, but he WILL get out someday and I do NOT want him in our lives. Someone please help me. If you think I'm being harsh, you don't understand the full situation. My family completely supports me in these decisions and my brother was a very close friend of his, but they realize I HAVE to do what's best for my daughter. Please advise me if you can. Thank you!PS...I am about to move back to the austin area and get back into my profession and be a single working mom. We have just been approved for a house to lease and I'm excited to be raising my daughter in the Austin area.