It never hurts to be prepared legally. And it takes a while to find the right ethical lawyer that is not a blood sucking shark.
My brother never saw it coming. He came home from working away on the weekend and his W and evil MIL had cleaned out the house and taken the 2 year old boy away. My brother had no idea where they had taken the boy and it was not until 3 months later that he had a one hour supervised visit.
I can say that my W did threats of how she was going to find a rich boyfrind so she could buy the best lawyer. It was those threats (along with exposing the kids to her A) that scared me and I ended up finding one of best lawyers in town. It turned out that her threats were empty threats and she had no intention of filing.
I told my lawyer of my cousins strike fast and hard recommendation and he said we would act quickly but be friendly about it since children were involved, but if she created trouble we were prepared to strike hard. He setup all the preliminary protection so W could not run off with the kids or clean out the bank accounts. He said that I had an excellent chance for full custody. About a month after things settled down from her receiving legal papers, she did admit to me that I had gained strenth and she respected that. We then went through several months where reconciliation seemed very possible and I had the lawyer back off and we delayed as long as possible.
You are getting good information when she talks about what she thinks she has against you. But I doubt there is anything serious there. So you fell back and drank - how would they prove that your were a danger to anyone? And her saying she would have your daughters testify against you - well that right there shows a terrible character flaw in her by wanting to turn your own daughters against you. I hope she does not continue with that attitude because that violates one of the worst parenting mistakes you can make with kids when you are divorced - alienation of the other parent.
