The last time I posted was to advise you all of the shenannigans of my ex. She disappeared with my kids. It ended up she needed to move in with her mother for financial and personal safety issues. I will give your the front cover edition of the past few months. I petitioned for custody of my children and won full custody. She played every dirty trick in world to keep the kids. When I found out which Family Court judge would be adjudicating our case my heart sank. It was a female. Every single horror story that I have heard about fathers and female judges ran through my head. My attorney assured me that this judge had a very impartial track record, and that based on the evidence I stood a good chance of getting everything I wanted. I got everything I wanted. She must also pay me child support. She now has supervised visitation rights, and she must come down to Los Angeles from the Lancaster-Palmdale area.
All this happened faster than normal, because I alleged that she had placed the children in harm with this "thing" that she was dating. My attorney even found out that he was a registered sex offender! Needless to say it was a mess. The kids are doing fine, though I had to move them into Los Angeles Unifed Schools. They won't get the kind of education here that they got here they used to live, however, I am making sure that my son will get the tutoring he needs in order to finish his junior and senior years with excellent marks. My son lucked out, in that he is in school with a number of friends he has made from the church I attend. Not to mention he is playing sax for the Worship Band (his idea not mine). He seems to have made the adjustment well.
My daughter is going to be another story. She is in Jr. High. I have applied for a waiver to get her into a Junior High Magnet School for Gifted Children about 4 blocks from my apartment. My fingers are crossed in hope of getting her in that school. In that doesn't work, then I am looking into a local private school. She is really having trouble fitting in at the new school. There is no one her age that attends her school that she knows from my church. That will change next year. However I am concerned about her being a loner now.
My wife and I doing great. My current wife has always loved my kids, and she dotes over them like they were her own. We moved into a threebedroom aprtment, and it is killing me. I don't know that I can find a house to buy in the area. The average home price is $875,000. However, that is not the most important thing. Right now, I need to provide a great deal of stability and security for my kids.
As you can see it has been an active two or three months.