Well we seem to be making some progress..sort of..
We have spoken with the OCL, though there seems to be a big misunderstanding..from what the childrens lawyer said, there is nothing in the paperwork to indicate that my husband is pursuing custody, ( why else would we ask the OCL to get involved if custody wasn't an issue?) ...in the meantime our lawyer is trying to contact the childrens lawyer and figure out what exactly is going on.
A settlement conference has been booked for the end of May. My concern is that my husbands ex has not retained a new lawyer since her last one took her to court to be removed as her counsel. Apparently the ex never paid her. Her lawyer was a legal aid lawyer and I'm wondering if she will be able to retain someone else that accepts cases from legal aid with her still having an outstanding balance..does anyone know anything regarding that??
With that being said, assuming she doesn't retain a lawyer in time for the settlement conference whats going to happen when we show up for court? As it is we have to retain another lawyer in the Ottawa area to represent us ( as the cost of sending our lawyer from T.O. to spend the day in court up there would be ridiculous), and I hate the idea that we spend even more money and take the time off work to go to the conference only to have it adjourned to a later date til she gets representation. I can't believe for a minute that the judge would agree to let her represent herself as she is clearly off her rocker. All joking aside I do believe she is mentally ill.
As well, another problem is that the childrens lawyer asked my husband if he has ever abused his son!!! Apparently husbands ex made rather wild accusations that when the son was visiting us last summer the police we're called for child abuse, of course none of this is true at all, a simple phone call to the local police would clear that up I would think. The childrens lawyer said they have to investigate such claims and it would unfortunately delay things even further.
The longer we go on with this the more messed up is seems to become!!
One other thing...we are considering asking for a restraining order against her in regards to all her phone calls...she leaves these highly abusive crazy messages on our home phone and husbands cell phone all the time. The last one accused my 2 children of being "Godless atheists" and used all kinds of profanity with crazy accusations. I'm really tired of flinching every time my phone rings because of the feeling of dread I have that it might be her once again to say who knows what about somebody.
Is there anything we can do in regards to these phone calls??? We've asked repeatedly for her to not call unless it has something specifically to do with their son and only to call during certain times of day and she refuses to comply.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
We have spoken with the OCL, though there seems to be a big misunderstanding..from what the childrens lawyer said, there is nothing in the paperwork to indicate that my husband is pursuing custody, ( why else would we ask the OCL to get involved if custody wasn't an issue?) ...in the meantime our lawyer is trying to contact the childrens lawyer and figure out what exactly is going on.
A settlement conference has been booked for the end of May. My concern is that my husbands ex has not retained a new lawyer since her last one took her to court to be removed as her counsel. Apparently the ex never paid her. Her lawyer was a legal aid lawyer and I'm wondering if she will be able to retain someone else that accepts cases from legal aid with her still having an outstanding balance..does anyone know anything regarding that??
With that being said, assuming she doesn't retain a lawyer in time for the settlement conference whats going to happen when we show up for court? As it is we have to retain another lawyer in the Ottawa area to represent us ( as the cost of sending our lawyer from T.O. to spend the day in court up there would be ridiculous), and I hate the idea that we spend even more money and take the time off work to go to the conference only to have it adjourned to a later date til she gets representation. I can't believe for a minute that the judge would agree to let her represent herself as she is clearly off her rocker. All joking aside I do believe she is mentally ill.
As well, another problem is that the childrens lawyer asked my husband if he has ever abused his son!!! Apparently husbands ex made rather wild accusations that when the son was visiting us last summer the police we're called for child abuse, of course none of this is true at all, a simple phone call to the local police would clear that up I would think. The childrens lawyer said they have to investigate such claims and it would unfortunately delay things even further.
The longer we go on with this the more messed up is seems to become!!
One other thing...we are considering asking for a restraining order against her in regards to all her phone calls...she leaves these highly abusive crazy messages on our home phone and husbands cell phone all the time. The last one accused my 2 children of being "Godless atheists" and used all kinds of profanity with crazy accusations. I'm really tired of flinching every time my phone rings because of the feeling of dread I have that it might be her once again to say who knows what about somebody.
Is there anything we can do in regards to these phone calls??? We've asked repeatedly for her to not call unless it has something specifically to do with their son and only to call during certain times of day and she refuses to comply.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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