truebluemd
Senior Member
Also, be prpared to disprove or affirm any of his allegations that he may have against you.
When you give testimony, submit that as evidence and mention his inconsistency in his parenting time. You will need good reason as to why 50/50 wont work. If your courts are like my county, they dont like 50/50 unless its been status quo or the parents are freely agree on it in mediation. I have a recent post of what happened in my court case last friday. Take a look. But remember, all cases are uniquely different, and all courts and judges are different. You should try sitting in on a few cases at the courthouse just to get a feelHis declaration contains one sentence - "I think it would be in the best interest mentally and physically for Jordan to spend one week at her moms house and one week at my house."
I submitted the calendar to the court as part of an exhibit to my "Declaration in Support of Child Custody, Support and Visitation." So, I will definately reference it in my mediation and my court hearing.
If you present it that way, as an explanation of your difficulty in communicating regarding your child, rather than a criticism of dad, then yes, its very appropriate to discuss in front of a mediator.I filed a 13 page declaration with the Court and provided exhibits to back up my declaration. In anyone's experience does the Judge read this information? I am not worried about them reading all or even the majority of the exhibits, but I am worried that they will ntot read my Declaration statement. Also, in mediation is it appropriate to discuss your exes lying and irresponsible behavior if it relates to our daughter? It is not a critism of him, but rather those actions affects our ability to communicate with regards to our child.
I am a notary, and in my opinion, that isn't necessary. A notary is required to check ID and be certain that the person is who they say they are, when they sign a document in front of a notary. That is the whole point of notarization.You might want to talk with the folks that notarized your signature and see if they'll testify in court that those are your signatures. It's just a feeling, okay. If you see if you can pay the person who will be losing time from work their hourly rate, that might make showing up in court more enticing. Otherwise, they could be subpeoned (or however that is spelt).
You really should be asking for her not to be present at all during visitation, if she and he fight like that when the child is present.I do have one more issue. I have requested that the Court order that my exes g/f is not allowed to be left alone with our daughter. I am not asking that she be prevented from being around her - just not alone with her. This woman threw a computer desk chair at my exes car in the middle of a heated argument which hit one inch below the passenger seat window which is where my daughter was strapped into her car seat at the time. I know nothing happened to my child, but had it hit one inch higher than it did, it could have shattered the window and hurt our daughter. She has also called my home repeatedly (all incidence are documented), called my work and threatened to do me physical harm (I filed a police report of which I have given the court a copy) and had her friends threaten me and our daughter harm on social networking sites (again I have included them with my original filing). Is this something I bring up in mediation, the court or both. I am fearful that based on this woman's past irrational actions, she may cause our daughter harm. They have an extremely contentious relationship and argue in front of the children and I am fearful that she may cause our daughter harm. And I have e-mails where my ex expresses concern that she is trying to destroy him mentally, socially and possibly even physically.