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"Up to 50%"
Does anyone have wording like up to a certain percentage of college that they are required to pay? I find it interesting that our lawyer was able to put simply" FDH to pay up to 50% of college tuition". It doesn't stipulate any type of college- community, university, grad school... It doesn't stipulate that SS has the right to pick his school, it doesn't say anything else.
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Wedding Date
I am having such a hard time with everything since losing in court for summer visitation rights. Our wedding is planned for June 9th. It will be small but our families will be there.... except SS13. SS18 will be moved in with us at the end of May. With SS18's autism and other issues, I really don't think he minds if he won't be there. He love us both but he doesn't love outside, he doesn't love standing, he doesn't love the beach, he doesn't love social situations, he doesn't love hugging, he doesn't love pictures, etc. This is just one of those things...
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I couldn't even update yesterday, I was too upset
We lost in court.
3 hours to court
Since we aren't in the state, we are being teleconfrenced in. I am a wreck... like want to puke.
I never would have thought a simple standard out of state parenting plan would wind up in court 4 times over the last year and cost 30K and counting. I need prayers, I need faith that the judge will do what is right, I need a drink!
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amusing story
My sister is in the middle of a home rennovation. Her contractor lives next door to my ex MIL. Somehow my sister and the contractor were talking about kids and he told her a story about his neighbor's grandson. Said that this child is a total sociopath and he had never seen an evil child before, but this kid is!
My sister knew that he was talking about my ex SS and cracked up and said I know all about "Bobby" my sister had a short, abusive marriage to his father. The apple didn't fall far from the tree with crazy in that family!
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Working is being used against us
We got the response from BM for our hearing next week. Her #1 complaint for SS13 to not be able to come out to the east coast from the mid-west is that we work. Since BM doesn't believe in holding a job (for the last 10 years) she doesn't think that SS should come see us where "he will be left alone all day".
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Questioning SM During Custody Hearing?
As many of you now I am divorced, been divorced for 8 years. I have back and forth in court a number of times throughout the years for modifactions. Where I am step parents aren't even allowed in the courtroom. They have to wait outside.
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Anxiety Sucks
I realize that I can't control anything that is spinning me into a spiral of crazy but I can't help but have this overwhelming anxiety!
1) We are trying to plan our wedding for June 9. I am so happy, and so excited but of course everything hinges on BM and this freaking court case! So while we are making tentitive plans, nothing is concrete. Thank goodness we are doing things at my god-parents beach house so we can be flexible if we need to be. We want all of our kids to be there, it is really important to us.
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my nerves are on end!
SO is currently paying BM $2K per month between alimony and cs. Actual figures for CS haven't been determined, this was a "rough estimate" that the judge approved last summer until they could come to an agreement on this and visitation. The agreement never came and we go back to court on the 26th. I messaged our lawyer about ending alimony last week and asked that the CS review and termination of alimony can all be handled in the custody hearing on the 26th.
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Brag Time!
I have no kids in my house for the next 6 days! Yep... me and SO and all the us time we need! Brewery tours after work, dinner with OUR friends, R rated movies, loud sex- whenever we want!
Sorry, my kids are hitting puberty and are real azzholes lately- love them but HOLY CRAP roller coaster emotions are insane! SS17 (special needs) moves in to our house in about 6 weeks so this is our vacation before that happens and we never have a kid free house again... We are going to have to start planning a yearly vacation for just the 2 of us.
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