Hi Everybody..........everything is going GREAT here. For those of you who are still in the trenches.....keep fighting and keep working in the child's/children's best interest! It does pay off.
Some of you may remember that after several years of bitterness and fighting.... the teenage child came to live here (from MN to WI) about 4 months ago. BM retained legal custody and gave BD and I physical custody. The child has blossomed....it's incredible.
The child, BD and I all spoke to BM last evening. The child happily chitt-chatted about what's going on in her life, looking forward to school and such.
I spoke privately to BM since POSSIBLY she and I get along better than BD and BM. I don't know if this is true or not.......but then again I was not married to either of them. LoL. (Did that make sense?)
Bottom line......... BM is ready to give total custody over to BD and I. No kidding. I guess she too sees the wonderful improvement in the child. It's hard to miss. The child is happy.......no more is she cussing (well NOT where we could hear her, lol) and her poor choices are at a minimum.
Neither BM or us want to hire attorneys. Actually, we cannot afford it. I am permanently disabled and draw SSD and my husband is temp. out of work due to a serious (non-life-threatening.....very painful though) medical condition.
The court order is in central MN. Does anybody know if we both can come up with a Parenting Plan that is agreed upon, can this be used as a motion to modify custody? I thought about taking a pre-fab one from this wonderful site and adjusting it to meet both parties needs. Or, MUST an attorney for each party be present?
This is kind of dumb.......but since this is uncontested...... can the parties "split" an attorney? Just somebody to either write the motion and present it...... JUST WHAT IS NEEDED?
I will call that counties court administrator for advice because I think there is only ONE judge for the entire county **rolling eyes** and see what HE likes.
Ok.... I admit.... I'm a little lost in this area. Suggestions, comments (positive OR negative) are welcome. If you have 2 cents.... we'd love to hear it.
Blessings and Thanks!
Some of you may remember that after several years of bitterness and fighting.... the teenage child came to live here (from MN to WI) about 4 months ago. BM retained legal custody and gave BD and I physical custody. The child has blossomed....it's incredible.
The child, BD and I all spoke to BM last evening. The child happily chitt-chatted about what's going on in her life, looking forward to school and such.
I spoke privately to BM since POSSIBLY she and I get along better than BD and BM. I don't know if this is true or not.......but then again I was not married to either of them. LoL. (Did that make sense?)
Bottom line......... BM is ready to give total custody over to BD and I. No kidding. I guess she too sees the wonderful improvement in the child. It's hard to miss. The child is happy.......no more is she cussing (well NOT where we could hear her, lol) and her poor choices are at a minimum.
Neither BM or us want to hire attorneys. Actually, we cannot afford it. I am permanently disabled and draw SSD and my husband is temp. out of work due to a serious (non-life-threatening.....very painful though) medical condition.
The court order is in central MN. Does anybody know if we both can come up with a Parenting Plan that is agreed upon, can this be used as a motion to modify custody? I thought about taking a pre-fab one from this wonderful site and adjusting it to meet both parties needs. Or, MUST an attorney for each party be present?
This is kind of dumb.......but since this is uncontested...... can the parties "split" an attorney? Just somebody to either write the motion and present it...... JUST WHAT IS NEEDED?
I will call that counties court administrator for advice because I think there is only ONE judge for the entire county **rolling eyes** and see what HE likes.
Ok.... I admit.... I'm a little lost in this area. Suggestions, comments (positive OR negative) are welcome. If you have 2 cents.... we'd love to hear it.
Blessings and Thanks!