Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers! Again, I shouldn't say much, but we started the trial today.
On the pro-marriage scale, the person hearing our case appears to be extremely fair, but seems more reflective of modern cultural norms concerning marriage vows. he tried to see if a settlement was possible, but W was sticking to Merrick goes, she gets the kids, and Merrick pays.
A good part of the day involved attorney jousting and I spent two-three hours being questioned by W's attorney. We have scheduled three days for next week hoping to conclude with a full day on what would be our 15th Anniversary. Next week alone could cost $20-$25k between us-- . I feel more burdened tonight than I did this afternoon--and trial prep is another march through all that has happened between us.
H2H, based on the items presented today, I suspect our innocent marriage building dinner with Jennifer and my coffee meeting with U-Dog and Berto will surface, but we'll see. Her course of action is all so very sad and destructive when so much promise could be had. Oh well. Prayers helped. I'll report again at the end of next week.
