diamond373
Feb 16, 2007, 05:33 PM
After 25 years married, three children I finally (with the help of the women's shelter) found my freedom 9 years ago. One child is grown and married with his own family. Two daughters with me (joint custody... physical custody with me) they are now 15 and 25. The older one is moderately disabled. (she reads on a first grade level) The ex remarried two years ago and all he** broke loose. He ran into debt with his new wife because looking well to do is so important. Then she lost her job (40K/year) and he is now without any warning taking me to court after 9 years to prove me unfit so that he can gain sole custody of the 15 y.o. who has told him she does not want to move from the home she has lived in since she was 6 years old. And he wants to remove my co-guardianship over our special needs daughter so that he can place her in a group home. This girl is very high functioning and does not belong in a group home. He is attempting to say that I am unfit because I work nights and must leave our daughters alone. I do not drink at all, or smoke, or use any illegal drugs ever. In nine years I've never even had a man overnight.... or even behind closed doors in my daughters' presence. I provide for them financially very well, feed and clothe.... I am mentally stable and work as a nurse. It is my opinion that this is financially motivated by him. However, I must still deal with the mess in court. Can he actually prove me unfit? OR take children whom do not want to live with him? All this in light of the fact he has threatened to kidnap them when they were younger.... and abused me both physically and verbally. He's not even allowed to take them out of our state without my consent according to our divorce. He wants out of the child support so he can continue to live his expensive life style and he doesn't care if it means putting our daughters in complete emotional upheaval. HELP!