That's what I meant. Mom said she had been working with the child and that the child had in fact brought the grades up some. She did not have those records in court because she didnt know dad was going to bring a past grade report to court and that she would need a more recent one to refute it.
Oh come on! Are you really telling me that, if your ex filed for custody (for whatever reason) and your kid was failing his core classes - you would NOT think it important enough to (a) mention to your lawyer and (b) that it might be worthwhile having that information with you when you went to court?
Maybe it's me, but when I've had to go to court, I've brought the most inconsequential pieces of information with me - JUST IN CASE!
She needs to show that the reason she lost custody (according to her, which is all we can go on) was something she was already working on prior to the temp order and that it was working.
Yes, that would be a good plan.
Dad obviously knew about the grades if he brought them up in court, but he couldnt show what HE had done to help the issue? So, he obviously had some sort of access to records
Also a good point to bring up. However, if he's not listed with the school, that could be a huge point against Mom. He may well have gotten that progress report from the son.