Good news....well kind of

[turtle1120]

My Ex and I are in a very long and drawn out custody battle. I have sole custody and Ex is fighting for joint. Yesterday we had a status hearing where the court appointed child's representative was supposed to give his recommendation regarding custody. Well, the judge didn't show up so nothing happened but I was there when the child's rep was speaking to the attorneys and he said this is not a joint custody case and his recommendation would be sole custody for me. That's great news!

The bad news...Ex is an unreasonable asshole and is going to fight the child's reps recommendation so this is going to trial and there's no end in sight. The judge isn't going to go against the recommendation, so I'm not sure why Ex thinks he's going to somehow win in the end. I wish he'd just give it up already.

[stephbfan]

If he is going against the recommendation, he is going to have a HARD time to do it.

Maybe he will calm down or his lawyer talks some sense into him and this will be all over for you soon.

[turtle1120]

He's on his second lawyer. The first one couldn't talk any sense into him and he stopped paying her, so she withdrew from the case. We had to do mediation prior to this - the mediator told me there is no reasoning with him. Well duh...I already knew that!

But at least I can rest easy knowing that he's not getting joint custody. That's a huge relief!

[doriswe]

Sending huge hugs your way and hopefully he'll stop being a moron and back down!!