Yes, the timing is less than ideal, but had to wait until after her trip in October with the boys to avoid violating the default restraining order that is issued when D is filed that neither parent can take the kids out of state for more than 72 hours.
It is what is...
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
Uncertainty is the very condition which impels people to unfold their powers.-Eric Fromm