An Update
It is now four days before the court hearing. My sixteen year old daughter called me an hour ago to tell me that she is now staying at her boyfriends house because she said her mother (my ex wife) kicked her out. My seventeen year old son has asked me to move in yesterday because of their mother berating them. He said she told her he is not allowed to mention my name in her house ever again, under any circumstance. This includes him saying his own last name. I am now in preparations to have him move in here.
I know at this point my best bet would be to have the children come to the court hearing on Monday. But I can not and will not parade them in front of a judge. A court room is no place for a child. However, we have talked about them submitting a statement on behalf of this situation because they are both very against their younger brother being adopted by their step-father. I don't like the idea of doing it because it still directly involves them in an adult situation. So therefore, I am asking, from an attorney's and judges point of view, how much bearing would such a statement make?
It is now four days before the court hearing. My sixteen year old daughter called me an hour ago to tell me that she is now staying at her boyfriends house because she said her mother (my ex wife) kicked her out. My seventeen year old son has asked me to move in yesterday because of their mother berating them. He said she told her he is not allowed to mention my name in her house ever again, under any circumstance. This includes him saying his own last name. I am now in preparations to have him move in here.
I know at this point my best bet would be to have the children come to the court hearing on Monday. But I can not and will not parade them in front of a judge. A court room is no place for a child. However, we have talked about them submitting a statement on behalf of this situation because they are both very against their younger brother being adopted by their step-father. I don't like the idea of doing it because it still directly involves them in an adult situation. So therefore, I am asking, from an attorney's and judges point of view, how much bearing would such a statement make?