Court Update

So what happened at court? Well, first of all, I was blessed to have my friend Patti with me. Her and I have been friends since grade 4, so she was a great source of support. The ex was by himself.

All the crap that the ex wrote in his letter, you should have seen it. He talked about providing us with a luxury lifestyle while we lived in Canada. Saying that the children went to the best private schools at a great cost to him. (he didn't mention the fact that I worked in those schools so that the kids could go for free....sigh!) He also said I kidnapped the kids from Egypt, that we were in hiding and he didn't know where we were. So many things that just made me wonder how on earth this related to him having custody of Noora?

So after the lawyers going back and forth for a bit I was given a paper to look at. He was to have full custody of Noora and visitation every second weekend. I talked to my lawyer intensely about supervised visits and my lawyer said it wouldn't happen. In Canadian courts there has to be physical evidence of abuse....WTH?

I disagreed about the ex having full custody of Noora and mentioned to my lawyer that Noora said she may come back to me at the start of second semester. So what did my two bit brain lawyer do? She went and talked to HIS lawyer, who in turn told him and what does he do? Got out his cell phone and talked very harshly to his daughter asking..."DO YOU WANT TO GO LIVE WITH YOUR MOTHER??" She said no...(of course). I don't know a worse bully than him. I made a mention of this to my lawyer, who then told me she was in a hurry to hand in paperwork.

So end result? We have joint custody of Noora as well as Maryam. (the 13 yr old) Maryam shall primarily reside with me, but in the future, the option is open for her to live with her father. (it isn't happening, but if it should, we won't be going to court about it....she is after all turning 14 soon)

Visitation for him is every other weekend and our visitation with Noora is the weekend after, always keeping the kids together then.

What else can I say? He came to pick up the kids yesterday without incident....actually calling me telling me he would be at my house 1 hour earlier.

And what about me? Well, I know the ex for what he is. A wolf in sheeps clothing. In fact, I know he's showing at the seams and I am always keeping that in mind.