He is not Sherlock.
On Tuesday I finally heard from X. He’d be bringing A home on Friday. I responded that A and D both have plans with their grandparents this weekend, and A needs to be home Thursday evening.
Then there was push from A. He now doesn’t want to go visit grandparents. He wants to stay with Dad. I explained that Grammy made these plans a long time ago, shes anxious to see the kids and that he needs to follow through with the commitment that he made. After talking in circles with him on Facebook I ended the conversation by saying that if Dad wants to keep him beyond Thursday, he’ll need to talk to me about it.
So, of course I get an email from X that says “A wants to stay from now till Sunday.”
Of course he does. So, I reiterated that the boys have agreed (weeks ago) to spend time with their grandparents during school vacation. I also said that had there been communication prior to him taking A on Saturday, I could have explained this to him. I said my parents would be here to get the boys at 9am Friday.
Meanwhile, my mom is ok with it, she’s disappointed, but she’ll get to have D for a few days. When I told D that his brother may or may not be going to Grammy’s with him he said “Whatever. More Grammy for me.”
So, that’s what’s going on with visitation.
The next big exciting thing is that on Friday I was served with civil papers – X is suing me for 4302.00 dollars because I “Abandoned” the property I was renting from him. Its absurd. But, it makes me think three things.
1. He’s a super sucky almost lawyer. I can’t be sued for rent owed to him if he hasn’t tried to re-rent the property. He can’t sue me for rent for months that haven’t happened yet. He can’t charge me for removal of appliances that were left in the house before he left for SD. He can’t make me pay for mold removal when the mold is caused by a shitty roof. Oh I could go on and on…but I think you all get the point.
2. He’s crazy.
3. I think he’s trying to bully me into not asking for child support. Oooh please don’t sue me for 4302.00! I can’t possibly afford that! Whatever I have to do to make it stop…I won’t ask for child support! Yeah. Right.
Yesterday I got an email from my lawyer saying that X had called her and wanted to file a motion to have the pre-trial moved to after May 10th because he claims he’ll be in SD for graduation ceremonies. (vomit) Then he said since mediation was so unproductive, he is unclear as to what the issues are, from Stacey’s perspective.
Seriously? He is UNCLEAR? You’re a shitty father, a shitty ex husband and a shitty person. What could I possibly have for issues!? I suppose his lack of clarity is why mediation was so unproductive. Good to know.
Within the scope of family law there are really only a few things that could possibly be issues for the court to address. Like how A hates eggplant. I’d like the court to address this with X and make a formal decision on that for me. Oh wait. No. That’s not right.
I’m a little horrified that law school didn’t help him with his ability to hunt down information. Alright, well, where might these issues be found? I suppose it would have helped him if at some point this had all been written down for him. And handed directly to him. By a deputy sheriff. Twice.
Maybe he should have kept his paper work from the case management hearing. We both received forms with all the issues on it and at the bottom it said no agreement was reached on these issues. Also, at our mediation, there was another form with all our issues on it, and written on the bottom was that no agreement had been reached. Also, the “paternity” box was checked, as he made THAT an issue. And once again at the status conference, yet another form with our issues on it, and written on the bottom was that no agreement had been reached and a trial would be scheduled.
I wonder where he could find out what the issues are….?
Personally, I think he’s fishing to see if the small claims suit has changed my mind on any of the issues that I’ve had for the last three years. It has not. He’s a moron to think it might. Actually, he’s just a moron.
Looking Forward 