IO,

Thanks for your advice about not responding to the pdf... he knows how to push my buttons.

I like your idea too about bringing a witness to the meeting. I'm wracking my brain to think of someone stbx wouldn't recognise, however. Maybe I should just put my phone on 'record'?

I thought about getting D17 another phone - actually, she would have had to get it for herself. But she was not at all keen.
She has to pay for everything for herself these days - clothes, outings, lunches, etc and has so little money that this would be too much.
Since stbx has stopped all CS payment, I am literally struggling to put food on the table at the moment, so I can't pay for anything else.

I would love to be able to say Keep the phone. But he plays a really good game. He has us hamstrung. I'm so hoping that a judge will see his behaviour for what it is: controlling and fundamentally abusive.