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:.:.Dear baby boy, No one will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.:.:
Hearing update
Soooooooo my lawyer had a 2nd hearing with my STBXH yesterday. The only reason there was a 2nd one was because he didn't fill out his Discovery papers to get child support calculated, after 3 1/2 months and 3 requests- two from my lawyer and one from a judge.....
Anyway, he didn't even show up. Not on the phone (like last time) nothing. His mommy didn't even show up for him (like last time) I had spoken to my lawyer and asked what would be done if he didn't show. My lawyer told me that he could/should be fined for being in contempt or even sentenced some jail time, he could/should be ordered to pay lawyer fees to my lawyer for basically wasting my time, once again be ordered to pay on the bills he agreed to pay on that he hasn't since January that are now affecting my credit, and possibly loose his right to argue most custody terms if we end up going to court after the baby is born, plus have to give an excusable reason as to why he didnt show up and why he didn't manage to fill out those papers.
I don't want anything extreme to happen to my STBXH- such as jail time or anything, but it would be nice if after almost 6 months he finally took something seriously. Apparently the night before he was supposed to be in town for this hearing (he works/lives 12 hours away from our hometown) he was out golfing, and the picture that I saw he was wearing brand new Oakley sunglasses in, and after golfing he went out to the bar. Awesome.
Well, for deliberately disobeying a judges orders he got fined $300 dollars for fees to my lawyer (about the cost of his fancy new sunglasses) and given yet another extension to fill out those papers.
I know that these things take time, and for awhile now I'v been for the most part okay with it. I've just decided to carry on without expecting much from him for now, it just bothers me because I feel like there are all these threats made to him, and all of these things that *should* happen if/when he doesn't cooperate (normal concequences that should/could happen to anyone that disobeys a judge) but when it comes down to it not much happens. I'm a lot better today, but last night I pretty much felt like my lawyer should just send him a letter asking him what works best for him and when he thinks he would like to start being responsible.
Okay, pity party over.
:.:.Dear baby boy, No one will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.:.:This discussion has been closed.