The Divorce Court System - Fair ?? - Part II

So here we go again - Part II!

In our last blog you got to hear some of my horror stories so this week you can hear some of the unbelievable stories of people I have coached. There will be no names so the innocent are always protected.

These stories boggle the mind but are never the less very true and definitely will make you scratch your head; unless of course you have been through the courts yourself and then you may say - no surprise there!

The first “horror” story, our blog of the day, takes place in a state far, far away - or so it seems. Any way, this is a story about a dad and his kids who are under 18 years of age. His ex has custody of the kids and is engaged to be married.

One day her fiance has a bit too much to drink, gets upset and decides to break the door down with the kids standing right there. Sounds like a real winner all ready, but this is just the beginning.

The ex leaves with the kids and my friend goes and picks the kids up and removes them from harms way. Not soon after he receives a call that her fiance apologized, all is grand, she is going back with him and she wants the kids back. Huh!? What would you do?

Well he called his lawyer and Child Welfare. What he was told by Child Welfare was that they would consider opening a case to decide whether to begin an investigation and his lawyer said by law he has to return the kids or he could be arrested! Now you would think that common sense would come in to play some where in here, however we must remember this is the legal system and we should not expect too much.

NOW there is definitely a decision to be made. And by the way, who is protecting our kids? But before the decision is made my friend gets another call that her fiance was acting up and that he should keep the kids so they are safe.

On top of all that is going on, school is beginning. My friend goes to register his kids but of course he needs the signature of the custodial parent. I think you may guess where this is going.

My friend leaves several text and voice messages about the urgency and receives no response. Now school has started and the lawyer says his hands are tied and my friend needs to get that signature. The school won’t budge - policy. They have to protect themselves.

My friend finally gets in touch with his ex, since she had not been returning repeated messages and she is now waffling whether she wants to sign the papers or not. My friend already has done all the running around and has all the other paperwork filled out with the school so once these forms are signed and notarized, his kids are good to go.

Don’t you know that another 1 1/2 weeks went by until the papers where ready and he had to drive almost 3 hours round trip so that his kids only missed that week and a half from school. The kids start tomorrow and have some catching up to do in a new school with all new people.