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Mediation next week

hterry85hterry85 member
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I didn't even post about this when it was scheduled because I'm not too worried. We have a pretty good idea how it is going to go. BM has all but put in writing the visitation changes we've asked for. Some of them we're already doing. I'm picking SS up on Friday's right after school, and in talking summer dates they've been talking more weeks than what's in the old CO. DHs new lawyer finally got him to see what I've been been trying to tell him. His current CO (and the lawyer who wrote it) sucks. The new lawyer is entirely rewriting the holiday visits to alternate rather than split (as you have all been saying forever, and I have been telling him to do) It would also give more time for each holiday. I don't expect BM to fight this either, because it would also give her more time when it's her holiday, and her mom lives a couple hours away so visiting would be easier.

We DO fully expect her to fight us on the splitting driving as I've said. We're asking for whoever gets him to drive, BUT we're giving her the option to pick a meeting place. We don't really want to do it that way, but it would be better than what we have right now. And if we have to take her to court on it (which we most likely will) we feel like it can only help us to be giving her options.

Anyway, even though we pretty much know how it's going to go, I'm still getting really nervous!! I don't know how some of you have done this over and over for several years!

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Re: Mediation next week

  • FutureMrsWittigFutureMrsWittig member
    It's always nerve racking!  Good luck!
    Mama of 2: one who grew in my womb, both who grow in my heart.
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    My memory sucks but did you move?  I thought you had to fly to see him. Either way, good luck. 
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • hterry85hterry85 member

    imageLittlejen22:
    My memory sucks but did you move?  I thought you had to fly to see him. Either way, good luck. 

    Nope, we're about 40 minutes apart. BMs arguement for not splitting the driving is that we live in a different state. We're 10 minutes into IL and she's in IA. And the distance is actually a couple miles closer than what it originally was.

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