Los Angeles, CA
My son's mother is attempting to modify our visitation schedule by giving me significantly less time with our son. She claims that I'm violent, irresponsible and claims that I also don't have a stable home, which are all lies. She can't prove anything because I'm notne of these things. She has affidavits from her mother and husband claiming that they have witnessed me harassing her, but that's all the alleged evidence she has. She has violated out visitation agreement numerous times by not giving me our son on weekend visits, for which I have police reports. When I told her that i was going to take her to court if she doesnt comply, this is when she filed for the modification with all of these crazy allegations. She also is demanding more child support and saying that I violated a retraining order she took out against me 2 years ago. She did this after I won joint legal/physical custody of our son and used it to attempt to get the custody changed, but it didn't work. The judge only ordered I must have limited contact with her. Her lawyer has already gotten in trouble with the judge for improper service and filing court papers literally the day we had our hearing. I told the judge I needed a lawyer because I was overwhelmed by everything, and she granted me a continuance until the end of June. Since then, her lawyer has emailed me requesting that we settle everything out of court so "I don't have to hire a lawyer" and "we don't have to go back to court." Is this a good idea, or is he trying to screw me. I just want to visitation to stay as is, but I don't see her giving me that. Also, I know she can get in trouble for all the violations of the order and I want make-up time. She really won't agree to that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Im just wondering if I should go ahead and get the lawyer, and what her lawyer might be thinking.
My son's mother is attempting to modify our visitation schedule by giving me significantly less time with our son. She claims that I'm violent, irresponsible and claims that I also don't have a stable home, which are all lies. She can't prove anything because I'm notne of these things. She has affidavits from her mother and husband claiming that they have witnessed me harassing her, but that's all the alleged evidence she has. She has violated out visitation agreement numerous times by not giving me our son on weekend visits, for which I have police reports. When I told her that i was going to take her to court if she doesnt comply, this is when she filed for the modification with all of these crazy allegations. She also is demanding more child support and saying that I violated a retraining order she took out against me 2 years ago. She did this after I won joint legal/physical custody of our son and used it to attempt to get the custody changed, but it didn't work. The judge only ordered I must have limited contact with her. Her lawyer has already gotten in trouble with the judge for improper service and filing court papers literally the day we had our hearing. I told the judge I needed a lawyer because I was overwhelmed by everything, and she granted me a continuance until the end of June. Since then, her lawyer has emailed me requesting that we settle everything out of court so "I don't have to hire a lawyer" and "we don't have to go back to court." Is this a good idea, or is he trying to screw me. I just want to visitation to stay as is, but I don't see her giving me that. Also, I know she can get in trouble for all the violations of the order and I want make-up time. She really won't agree to that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Im just wondering if I should go ahead and get the lawyer, and what her lawyer might be thinking.