I appreciate your posts. I pray to God that the courts will assign joint custody in my case for the sake of the kids. I reviewed all the opposing sides exhibits/evidence yesterday...saw specifically what she and members of her family (one's that communicated with me regularly during the separation) had and are doing to damage me. I'm feeling pretty low today because of all this. I don't know how I'll be able to make my house and truck payments, and live, if the courts award her full custody! A 350% increase above what I'm paying now will kill me financially. I've sent her 5 payments already and she hasn't cashed a single one of the checks! Damn it's hard for me to comprehend this from her after spending nearly 2 decades with her!
I'm gonna voice my concerns to my attorney Wednesday afternoon. Based upon how that goes, I'll make a decision regarding my legal counsel. I want to fight with all I've got, and I want to trust that my legal counsel will do the same. When I hired this lady, it was me getting the best possible attorney I could get. She's known around here as being a tenacious litigator...a pit bull! I'm not comfortable with how things have gone so far. So, I hope things can be resolved, or bettered, one way or another, as a result of our meeting tomorrow afternoon.
It would be very easy to be overwhelmed by the situation, the pain, disappointment, remorse, fear, grief...and all of the other negative emotions that go along with an awful situation such as this. I have to fight hard, daily, to not be overwhelmed by this. I hate it that things are this way.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.
