It's the same old story I've seen many times here. I have a beautiful, 6 y.o.
SD. SD lives in NY, we're in IL. We see her two weekends a month plus extended time at the holidays, she flies in.
SD is a sensitive and emotional child. She is very bonded with us. It's my belief that the child is emotionally and at times, physically abused by her mom. The
BM is emotionally checked out on this child. The child is basically left in the care of maternal grandparents, who they live with. Of course, whenever we take her to court, she's mother of the year.
The child does not want to go home at the end of visitation. She hates her school, last week she faked being sick for four days. She says she's bored and lonely at home.
To challenge custody would bankrupt us. We're in the hole every month just paying
child support and property settlement from the divorce. I know challenging custody would entail psych eval's, witnesses and a long court experience. BM would fight us tooth and nail.
It's just devastating to listen to her and worse to have to send her back. How do you get through this?