My wife and I have interim 50/50 access and joint custody of our 2 boys. We split in July, 2010, sold the marital home and each own a town home in different parts of the city. I bought my home in our old neighborhood as my ex and I verbally agreed that we shouldn't uproot the kids. As soon as I purchased my home my ex bought a place about 20 minutes away and now denies ever intending to live in our old neighborhood. My ex is extremely bitter that I left her after her second affair and I know that her move was done to spite me.
Our interim agreement expires in December and my ex now wants full custody and a lot of money from me. My ex also wants to move the children's school to her new neighborhood. My wife works full time shift work and plans on having her 72 year old mother watch the boys while my ex is at work.....essentially using her mother to replace my role in the boys lives. My ex makes roughly 52k and I make 77k yearly. I have always been a very involved father and have now shelled out close to $15,000 in legal fees as last September my wife continually denied access to the kids, had me falsely arrested (I was cleared of all wrong doing), accused a family member of molesting one of my sons, accused me of being a child abuser, alcoholic, spousal abuser, and "potential drug addict". Bottom line is I am tired of constantly fighting and paying money to a lawyer just to see my kids. I am a great father and deserve to see my kids.
I have reference letters from our old neighbors, my son's day care, friends, co-workers etc etc stating my role in the kids lives.
My ex recently filed a motion against me stating that I am essentially the living breathing devil....she wants full custody, $1159 a month in child support, spousal support and 60% of day care costs and section 7 expenses.
I know I shouldn't worry as her affidavit is full of lies and unproven accusations but I still worry.
I don't know where my ex is getting money for this battle but I think she is trying to financially drain me so that I can't battle any longer. We live in the exact same model of home from the same builder, we drive cars of similar value, I currently pay her offset child support and 60% of day care costs.....thing is, I barely make ends meet but she always has money. She claims in her affidavit that she needs all that money from me so that the life style in both homes is the same......to me it sounds like she bought the house with the expectation that I would lose in court. My ex also hides the fact that her boyfriend lives with her and then makes a huge deal of the fact that my girlfriend lives with me.
I see so many holes in her case and wonder....would a judge throw away my current joint parenting arrangement based on unproven claims of child abuse, alcoholism etc etc etc.....or will most judges view her as money hungry?
I don't know, sorry for the rant. Just needed to get it out so I can concentrate on work for once.
Our interim agreement expires in December and my ex now wants full custody and a lot of money from me. My ex also wants to move the children's school to her new neighborhood. My wife works full time shift work and plans on having her 72 year old mother watch the boys while my ex is at work.....essentially using her mother to replace my role in the boys lives. My ex makes roughly 52k and I make 77k yearly. I have always been a very involved father and have now shelled out close to $15,000 in legal fees as last September my wife continually denied access to the kids, had me falsely arrested (I was cleared of all wrong doing), accused a family member of molesting one of my sons, accused me of being a child abuser, alcoholic, spousal abuser, and "potential drug addict". Bottom line is I am tired of constantly fighting and paying money to a lawyer just to see my kids. I am a great father and deserve to see my kids.
I have reference letters from our old neighbors, my son's day care, friends, co-workers etc etc stating my role in the kids lives.
My ex recently filed a motion against me stating that I am essentially the living breathing devil....she wants full custody, $1159 a month in child support, spousal support and 60% of day care costs and section 7 expenses.
I know I shouldn't worry as her affidavit is full of lies and unproven accusations but I still worry.
I don't know where my ex is getting money for this battle but I think she is trying to financially drain me so that I can't battle any longer. We live in the exact same model of home from the same builder, we drive cars of similar value, I currently pay her offset child support and 60% of day care costs.....thing is, I barely make ends meet but she always has money. She claims in her affidavit that she needs all that money from me so that the life style in both homes is the same......to me it sounds like she bought the house with the expectation that I would lose in court. My ex also hides the fact that her boyfriend lives with her and then makes a huge deal of the fact that my girlfriend lives with me.
I see so many holes in her case and wonder....would a judge throw away my current joint parenting arrangement based on unproven claims of child abuse, alcoholism etc etc etc.....or will most judges view her as money hungry?
I don't know, sorry for the rant. Just needed to get it out so I can concentrate on work for once.
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