Sorry, that's not me. I said I wasn't sure what my login was. That poster is from Arkansas. I am from Georgia. That poster also has more than one kid. My ex never went without visitation. He sued me for custody when she was just 12.
Because he won, this site assumed that there had to be something wrong with my parenting since it went against the law. No guardian ad litem that WAS requested by me. No hearing with the judge. The judge just stated that if that is what the child wanted, at 12, so be it. It didn't matter that at 12, she had a 17-year-old on-line boyfriend from Puerto Rico that the ex flew to Georgia to stay with him. It didn't matter that I was denied visitation and phone calls for weeks at a time. It cost me 15K to learn that.
His case against me was that I had moved my mother into my home. It didn't matter that my mother had a separate apartment, complete with kitchen, downstairs from mine and my daughter's living quarters. Taking care of my mother and working full-time outside of the home deemed me as unfit to care for a 12-year-old properly.
Things are good now. But I had to ditch the lawyers and the courts. She now lives with me. No child support and no change in custody papers. He has all the visitation he wants and I encourage it. But it isn't much with a resentful teenager. I continue to tell her that parents are stupid and HER parents are especially dumb, and she believes that, but scars take time to heal.
Again, you assumed I was a liar without validating your facts further proving my point that Family Law is flawed and should be avoided. I know you guys have a hard time admitting their is corruption in the family court system, but it is a disservice to all posters seeking your advise to not warn them of potential rulings against the grain of the law.
People can save a lot of money and heartache by avoiding the court system as much as possible, even if they are "right" in the eyes of the law.
