It's All My Husband's Fault

  We had a court hearing that Friday for venue change; our GAL had been appointed a commissioner, our commissioner had been appointed a judge and our judge was retiring, so we requested that the venue be changed to our county instead of The Ex's county.  When we went to the hearing, we filed an emergency motion requesting that The Ex's placement be suspended or restricted due to the head lice and Boyfriend's alcoholism.  Attorney 3 stated to the judge that he was representing The Ex only regarding her pending motion to modify child support due to her job loss.  The Ex didn't attend the hearing because she was attending Boyfriend's immigration hearing out-of-state.   The judge heard everything, agreed that the venue should be changed but because The Ex already had a pending motion, it would be heard in that county and the venue change would take place afterward.  Fair enough; the hearing was in two weeks anyway.   The day of the child support hearin...

  The Ex picked up the kids that Friday, they spent the weekend with her, and Husband went to pick them up on Sunday.  When he got to The Ex's house, she was outside with her sister-in-law ( Boyfriend was still in jail ) Daughter came out of the house and sister-in-law asked what happened to her hair; Daughter replied, "Nothing." ( Just stop for a second and think about this.  If someone asks you what happened to your hair, what is your response going to be?  Wouldn't you first ask them what they were talking about?  Or would you immediately say "nothing" happened to your hair, without even knowing what they were referring to? )  Sister-in-law said Daughter's hair was short in the back and asked who cut it; Daughter said no one cut it. ( Huh?? )  Sister-in-law said her hair didn't cut itself, asked to see Daughter's hair, looked at it and said, "You have lice eggs." ( ....are you f**king kidding me?? Again?!  Daughter was there for 48 h...

  In mid-August, we found out that Boyfriend had gotten stopped again for drunk driving.  The Ex had kept saying that Boyfriend had "quit drinking" and even if he hadn't, part of the court order was that he was not allowed to drink when The Ex had the kids.   Because this was Boyfriend's fifth DUI, it wasn't a misdemeanor anymore; now it was a felony charge.  We figured he'd post bond and be back out on the streets, like he did every other time he broke the law.  Nope.  Immigration put a hold on him; he could pay as much money as he wanted, he wasn't getting out.  He spent less than four days in county jail before immigration came and picked him up.   The Ex said nothing to us about it.  She dropped the kids off the week before school started and told them, "Remember, I won't be there [the first day of school].  I have [your sister]." ( We later asked the kids when their sister by The Ex had started school.  The kids said she star...

  The kids had literally been with The Ex for four days.  Son sent both of us text messages asking for our credit card information ( Snowball's chance in hell! ) so he could get XBox Live free for 30 days.  I told him to use The Ex's card.  Son said The Ex's card wouldn't work.  I told him to use Boyfriend's card.  Son said Boyfriend was at work.  I told him to ask when Boyfriend got home, and that it was very dangerous and irresponsible to share credit card information. ( Plus your mom is crazy and I would never trust her with any of my personal information, even if my life depended on it )   About a week later, The Ex's sister sent a text asking why Son was different with us than he was with The Ex.  I said probably because we require him to behave and act appropriate, she does not.  Her sister said the last time they had gotten together, Son had asked if his cousins could spend the night; she said no, so Son felt the appropriate res...