well….we lost.

the judge saw a dedicated mother, an unbiased therapist and an angry dad. so the ex retains sole custody, the kid continues to commute 2 hrs a day and ♀ and i move forward.

would a lawyer in the court room have made any difference? i would have come across better, but i still can’t justify another 12k on top of the 10k we had already spent to find out.

i must admit that it was frustrating to get this ruling when another judge at an earlier hearing had said that the therapist was unqualified and that only guys in jail get less access then i do. but the trial judge saw it differently and that, as they say, is that. we still haven’t heard from the law society (i filed a complaint against her lawyer) so there might be some consolation in that ruling.

1 good thing to come out of this is my child support payments have been reduced by $150/month and i no longer pay for any daycare so she might be financially motivated to allow more access.

anyway, thanks again for your words of encouragement during this difficult time. i hope all is how it should be with you and yours. keep well.

cheers,

sss