So in November me and my girlfriend at the time had a beautiful baby girl born to us. Six weeks later we were split up. Ours was a case of a Valentines baby essentially. We had only met two months before she became pregnant and were actually broken up for a about a week before she found out she was pregnant. We got back together after finding out but ended up learning that we were completely opposite personalities. Our relationship was actually pretty healthy for the most part, no fighting, no major arguments, really I think we were both putting blinders on and not looking closely at ourselves as a match. We just couldn't learn how to communicate with each other really.
Anyway, after we split my ex became very controlling and hasn't let me have my daughter to myself once yet. She live at her mothers house now and I make the 30 minute drive there almost every weekend (the only exceptions being when I don't fit in to my ex's schedule). Her main complaint with me is that I haven't been financially responsible over the last six months. While it's true that I've bounced from job to job (including a lot of temp work) I've done my best to share what money I've had. I've bought diapers, a few other things, and gave her a few hundred dollars when I had some extra money (really, I should have used it to pay off some other outstanding debt, but I prioritized her ahead of that). About a month ago I finally found a permanent position working at a pizza joint and I'm working on getting a second job as well. Unfortunately my ex is starting to take the standpoint that she doesn't want to see me around anymore. Up until now I've been trying to work directly with her on this but with that not being an option I'm starting to look into my legal options. I live in WA, have kept reciepts for all money I've contributed thus far, have many pictures of me and my daughter, have a loving and supporting family network in the town that I live (including extended family, really almost everyone related to me lives here).
So that's my situation, I came here just off an internet search but I've thouroughly excited to find what seems to be such a greatly informative and helpful site. Any advice or help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance go out to anyone who replies and I'm sure you'll see me on the boards frequently over the next few months.
Anyway, after we split my ex became very controlling and hasn't let me have my daughter to myself once yet. She live at her mothers house now and I make the 30 minute drive there almost every weekend (the only exceptions being when I don't fit in to my ex's schedule). Her main complaint with me is that I haven't been financially responsible over the last six months. While it's true that I've bounced from job to job (including a lot of temp work) I've done my best to share what money I've had. I've bought diapers, a few other things, and gave her a few hundred dollars when I had some extra money (really, I should have used it to pay off some other outstanding debt, but I prioritized her ahead of that). About a month ago I finally found a permanent position working at a pizza joint and I'm working on getting a second job as well. Unfortunately my ex is starting to take the standpoint that she doesn't want to see me around anymore. Up until now I've been trying to work directly with her on this but with that not being an option I'm starting to look into my legal options. I live in WA, have kept reciepts for all money I've contributed thus far, have many pictures of me and my daughter, have a loving and supporting family network in the town that I live (including extended family, really almost everyone related to me lives here).
So that's my situation, I came here just off an internet search but I've thouroughly excited to find what seems to be such a greatly informative and helpful site. Any advice or help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance go out to anyone who replies and I'm sure you'll see me on the boards frequently over the next few months.