| almostheaven |
| (Carpal \'Tunnel) |
| 01/09/05 10:34 AM |
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Re: I feel the courts are fair
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>>Do you mind if I ask- was your ex one of those who played dirty and was able to
>>screw you because of it or if you just feel the judge didn't want to listen to you
>>or believe you??
My ex ran off. I had past paystubs and letters from him where he boasted of his good job, etc. to show the court. But since I already *had* the child in my custody upon his abandonment, and since I'd just signed up for state assistance and was having the remainder of my divorce handled by Legal Aid, the judge was more concerned with getting to his golf game than he was in taking more than 15 minutes to pound his gavel, grant a 3 page decree, and give me the state minimum allottment of $100 in CS since they didn't "know if he's currently employed". There was no imputing income based on paystubs, and there was no time to read the letters as the judge didn't "need to see those". The letters also addressed abuse, as well as phone records of harrassment, especially when he'd call me at 3 a.m. There were witnesses. The judge was interested in none of that, said he didn't need it, and granted "reasonable visitation" to a father who's whereabouts were "unknown"...as the return address on the envelopes from his letters threatening me was not of any use to a judge who needed to hit the golf course.