I just received the copy of the OSC from last weeks "ex parte" and boy is it scandalous. The lies, half-truths, exagerations, etc...
If someone (like a judge) were to read this they would think that I just won the award for DEADBEAT BASTARD OF THE CENTURY.
Long story short, it just goes on and on about how I hardly see my son (yes, you were right, they even quote Marriage of Burgess repeatedly), how I refuse to help financially, how I never helped physically or financially even when we were living together, it's just scathing. Truth be told, I paid most of the bills and I even worked less so I could care for our son while my STBX rested after a late night of working. Some gratitude, huh? I'm not asking for praise or thanks, just that my son not be stolen from my life, that's all. Is that too much to ask for? Of course I'm pretty pissed off reading this and knowing that a judge is probably going to just assume all of this is true. I don't want to bad-mouth my present attorney too much but I feel that it's very discompassionate to know you have a move-away OSC coming up in 2 weeks, to be going out of town for 10 days, and when your (rightfully panicky) client calls, faxes, and emails to merely confer as to when I can set an appointment, no one, repeat NO ONE, calls me back. My next goal? I'm quickly looking for a new, aggressive (yes, you were right, again, CD) attorney. My wife seems to have a very intelligent and aggressive deadbeat dad attorney. I need a very intelligent and aggressive father's rights attorney. When you said this is war, you weren't kidding. It's no holds barred and unfortunately this is not a rehearsal. The future of me and my son are riding on this. Yes, it's pretty terrifying knowing a stranger will decide our fate, but like you said, what choice was there. Mediation can't solve a problem like this. Our last mediator even said she didn't think she could help. You know the OSC quotes that first demented mediator and says she is the one who told my STBX to file the OSC. I'll deal with that piece of trash mediator later. For now, I have bigger fish to fry. So, anyway back to the trenches. Happy Holidays. We'll keep you posted.