Mr *****.
I wanted to take this opportunity to attempt again to work out a mutually agreeable resolution to the current litigation between myself and your client, **** ******. You had asked in your last correspondence with me to submit a specific proposal to you with regards to a reasonable custody/visitation agreement. Please see as follows:
1. I will dismiss my current “amended” petition for 50/50 custody, although a “significant change of circumstance” does, in fact, exist in this case.
2. The current orders with regards to the visitation/custody schedule will remain intact (meaning that there will be no interruption of the current schedule of every other weekend and Wednesday overnight visits), as will legal custody.
3. Both parties will be entitled to 4(four) weeks of vacation or uninterrupted parenting time, as they prefer, with 2(two) weeks of said visitation to be taken during the summer months when ****** is on summer break. The remaining 2(two) weeks may be taken at each parents discretion at any time during the year, providing that it does not interfere with *****’s school schedule, and/or homework. or the following holiday schedule.
4. Holiday(excluding school breaks, which are listed separately as follows) custody shall belong to whichever parent is in “possession” of ******* on the morning of said holiday with the following exceptions: a) Mothers Day(including the night of) shall revert to the Mother and Fathers Day (including the night of) to the Father. b) Each parent shall have ******* on the day(or evening, depending on whether or not said birthday falls on a weekday or weekend day) of their respective birthdays(including the night of said birthday). c) For *****’s birthday, the parents shall alternate, with the Mother having odd years and the father even years, the day(from 10am including the night of if said birthday falls on a weekend) or evening(from pick-up at daycare until the following morning if said birthday falls during a weekday) of ******’s birthday. d) For both Winter Break and Spring Break, both parents shall have half of each break, alternating start and finish based on where ****** is spending the prior weekend(meaning that if ***** is with ******** for the weekend prior to a 1 week break from school, she would remain with ******* until Wednesday, at which time physical custody would transfer to me, and the reverse being the case if ******** is with me during the prior weekend). e) Thanksgiving Day shall be alternated, with ******** spending Thanksgiving day, from 10am(if ****** is with the "other" parent the night before) until 5pm, with ******** on odd years(to be reversed on even years), with the remainder of the holiday weekend to be spent with the other parent. f) If the parent with custody is within a reasonable driving distance(meaning less than 25 miles) on Christmas morning, ******* will spend a minimum of 4(four) hours with the non-custodial(for that portion of the break) parent.
5. Whichever parent is in possession of ****** on the morning of a day that ****** is ill, and unable to attend school, shall be responsible for her care on that “sick” day.
6. If, for a reason beyond either parents control, either parent is unable to complete their parenting time, they shall contact the other parent at least 4 hours prior to the expected pick-up time, and shall be entitled to a make-up day(to be performed within 2 weeks of the date of the interruption).
7. Child support shall be according to the current Guidelines for Child Support in Maryland, subject to income verification pursuant to §12-203 of The Child Support Guidelines of Maryland Law, as of whatever date we come to an agreement.
I would also like to add that, while I am sympathetic to your statement that “It is my policy to minimize my contacts with unrepresented parties”, and that “I would suggest that if you have a specific proposal, rather than a long litany of complaints as you have forwarded to me, that you hire a lawyer and ask them to review it and then you or your lawyer can send that to me”, it is your responsibility, as an Officer of the Court(pursuant to Rule 4.3 of the Maryland Lawyer's Rules of Professional Conduct), to maintain a dialogue with an unrepresented party(such as myself).
As I have previously stated, I am absolutely capable, and willing, to come to an agreement on these matters.
Again, I do hold out hope that we can come to a mutually agreeable solution to the current situation.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
******* *********, Pro Se
.... lawyer, even though he has made his intention to not communicate with me plain.