c_jane
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Around the end of April I hired a lawyer in our county to have the case moved here & DS talk to the judge about living with me. Texas did away with kids 12+ filing a statement with the court 9/09, so now the kids just file a motion to talk to the judge directly. DS is 15. His Dad was served last week.
There are only 2 judges in Family Court in this county & the lawyer says they are both pro-mom. We just want DS to talk to the judge-- not any of that other stuff about ordering psychologicals or a GAL. DS is totally fed up with his dad.
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gr8Dad
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Yeah, wouldn't want any PROFESSIONAL opinions, just want to take the word of a CHILD. The fact that you don't WANT professionals to evaluate his decision is DISPICABLE, and I hope the judge chews your ASS for dragging the child into to middle of the custody fight.
You are just a piece of...well, lets say WORK and keep this G rated.
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Goodmom
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Don't always agree with CJane's actions, but her son is 15, not 5. He's at an age where he can vote with his feet. And a judge IS going to give great consideration to the teen-ager's wishes. Whether you like it or not.
BTW, the father can always REQUEST the evaluations. Chances are it isn't going ot have an impact on anything. Chances are the judge is going to go with the teen-ager's wishes.
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Goodmom
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[quote]There are only 2 judges in Family Court in this county & the lawyer says they are both pro-mom. [/quote]
That should have no bearing at all. What should is the wishes of the teen-ager.
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gr8Dad
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Lets see if you feel the same when YOUR teenager gets MAD at you and wants to leave. I sincerely doubt you will give in to their wishes at that point. We, as PARENTS, have a RESPONSIBILITY to number one, make good decisions for our UNDERAGE children, second, to not allow them to make MISTAKES that could be avoided.
But the bottom line is that she has brainwashed this kid from DAY ONE, that Dad is an idiot, and she is "better". She degrades Dad in FRONT of the child, she EXCUSES any of the child's mistakes as DADS fault, and she is, overall, a crappy parent.
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gr8Dad
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So if your 16 year old wants to drop out of school, you will allow it?
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c_jane
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This is totally ALLOWED in Texas. Kids TWELVE AND UP can make their preferences known in the judge's chambers. I'm doing nothing illegal. My point about the Dr. & GAL is that Ex & his bulldog lawyer like to ask for every professional they can to prove I'm incompetent. Guess what?? NO professional has said that.
There's no REASON to throw MORE $$ away. The judge can certainly ORDER it if she feels it necessary. I just don't want to start out with them ordering every evaluation under the sun. Pointless.
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c_jane
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[quote]So if your 16 year old wants to drop out of school, you will allow it? [/quote]
That IS against the law. This is not. And DS came to ME oh, about 4 months ago & asked if he could talk to a judge & live with me. Don't you think if he was MAD at his Dad for whatever it would have cooled off in the 6 months it'll take us to get to court??
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Edited by c_jane (06/06/12 07:51 PM)
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gr8Dad
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Really? Dropping out of school at 16 is "illegal"? Might want to check on that, as you are WRONG, with a parents signature, it is PERFECTLY legal to drop out at 16.
And if not ONE professional said Dad was not the BEST parent, why did you not get custody? Oh, yeah, because you didn't have sufficient time to BRAINWASH the child.
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c_jane
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Not-so, reading comprehension problems much?? I said "found incompetent" NOT "best". We've dealt with 3 GALs & 2 psychiatrists & only the FIRST GAL found against me. And he was disbarred 2 years later for taking bribes on cases. Was mine one of them? I sure wish I knew.
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