Custody Modification Case
Case #3- Custody Before I continue with Adam’s juvenile case, I really need to tell you about our custody case, because the two are about to be intertwined in the story. As I shared, I filed for full legal custody of all 4 kids on the Monday after I had discovered the abuse. I hired the smartest attorney I knew, and she was extremely helpful and sympathetic. As soon as John was notified of the case against him, he hired an attorney and the fight began. Things move slowly where we live. The courts are overbooked and there aren’t enough judges/courtrooms to hear them all. It was 4 months before our first hearing. Nothing much happened, and the judge pushed it off for a few months. Another hearing, another “nothing to report” from my attorney. The judge encouraged us to hold a pre-trial conference where our 2 attorneys and the 2 of us would all meet to discuss the issue and try to come up with ideas for settling it. I went into this event prepared and calm...