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Vixen
Lv 5
Vixen asked in Pregnancy & ParentingParenting · 9 years ago

What to do with my sons father..?

I'm 22 years old, and he is 24.. He cheated on me when I was 8 months pregnant and left me for the woman he cheated on me with. My son is now 3 and a half and his father took me to court about 8 months ago.. WITHOUT TELLING ME. It scared the **** out of me because I pretty much breast fed and cooked and cleaned and did almost everything alone especially when he was a baby.. He was never a bad father so I am not here to bad mouth him.. But he scared me and got a lawyer in court.. I represented myself.. I live alone, I'm on assistance and he works and has a house with his girlfriend. His lawyer told me that it is the best interest of the child if he goes with him.. and he lied onthe court papers and said everything that was FALSE Exept for ONE thing that was true. He put my son in daycare without my permission and it looked good on him in the courts, he is now living with his father full time and i get him on the weekends or every other weekend. The woman that he is cheated on me with.. OUR SON CALLS HIM MOMMA... I told him as a father it is wrong of him to accept OUR child to do that and he said I shouldnt worry because our son is smart and that he knows I am his REAL actual mother so IT DOESN'T MATTER. I snapped I think he is BEYOND disrespecting me and it's been 3 1/2 years I been taking his crap because I am NOT a bad mother. He even put our son in Soccer Without my consent or Sharing ANYTHING with me. Before he took me to court he was paying child support and stopped and I never asked him for a cent.. instead I aked him for groceries THREE TIMES and he refused.. only one time he gave me 50 dollars to get groceries. I think he did this so he wouldn't have to pay child support and wouldn't have to be worried. I never did ANYTHING to him I don't get why he is making my life a living hell.. I want EQUAL rights.. I am the mother and I always share things with him when I have our son. sometimes when it is my time to have the weekends he will say he has work at 5 in the morning or says our son has a birthday party to go to or SOME SORT OF STORY just so he can miss the weekends with me.. And when I threaten him to bring him to court to solve this mystery he says oh well you miss A LOT OF weekends with OUR son and it would be HIS FAULT because he always comes up with some sort of story. (I have my mother as a witness).. Anyway my son is with me now and he will be coming for him tomorrow morning.. I wish I can just not have to open the door but he threatens that he is the REAL parent just because of the papers.. he is taking advantage and Little do the COURTS Know that he is manipulating and a HUGE liar and a bad father.. because what father keeps a child away from his mother and causes his own child to call his GIRLFRIEND momma it's wrong.. and I don't know how to go about this. And the only reason he won in court is because he got his lawyer to scare me and I agreed to weekends.. and I now REGRET this.. Please help me.. I'm at my wits end.. He can't even cook.. my poor child is always asking me for cookies and hot dogs and I am big on Organic eating and a healthy meal plan.. My son SHOULD be with ME FULL TIME and with his father for the weekend... His father works FULL TIME AND GOES TO SCHOOL. I work at home.. There is no reason for this.. and he put a television in our 3 year olds room at HIS house..and he spoils him with toys so much that sometimes my son says mommy i want to go to daddys house because i want to play with my toys... He has LOTS of toys here but "Better" toys at his fathers house appearently.. He is teaching our child to be materialistic and causing him to be used to not being with me... I sometimes feel not important although I do know my son loves me very much... But this is all wrong and I don't know what to do to change it...?!?!?!?!

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  • 9 years ago

    Unfortunately alot of what is making u sad / angry, doesn't matter to the courts. Attorney or not, u should go back to court and apply for custody on the days u want him. Cite the fact that u will be able to better care for your son when his dad is working or in school. You will have to show your ability to spend more time with the child. Do not let anyone scare you when it comes to your child. Also, you should talk to your son and explain she is not momma, and come up with a name for her you and your son agree on. Like miss ... Think of something that agrees w u. I know it hurts, but it's the way it goes. Look at the good side, they do not abuse your son. Eating bad food, or being materialistic isn't as bad as what some people face when sending their kids to the ex. So please find a way to let that go. Kids are smart. You can still teach values. He's little so he doesn't get it. So go back to court. Let your ex spend his money on an attorney. Fight for yourself. Get a court appointed mediator if necessary. Good luck

  • CROJ
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    This is a shocker, and I think a rare situation, I've never really heard of a child being given to the father and the mother struggling to get the child back, its usually the mother who get the child and the father has to pay child support, alimony etc the whole 9 yards.

    In any case i think you'll have to get your own lawyer to tell you what you can do. You seem to contradict your self though because at the beginning you say he's not a bad father and you're not here to bad mouth him but then you say he is a bad father and he is manipulative etc. I think you let your emotions get the better of you, and if you want to prove that you deserve to have your son full time then you have to get control of your emotions first, get centered, its super hard to do that, but you have to find a way to keep your emotions in check and get a lawyer of your own.

    Good luck to you.

  • 9 years ago

    You were scared so you agreed??? Put your big girl panties on and fight for your rights!! Although I dont know if you deserve them. I cant imagine giving up my child and agreeing to see him only weekends because I was scared of his lawyer! Grow up for your sake and your childs! Go to the court and file for a hearing and speak up about yourself and being a mother-NOT about what a jerk the father is.

  • 9 years ago

    You said you weren't here to badmouth this man who isn't a bad father, then proceeded to badmouth him for like 3 paragraphs.

    Find a lawyer who will work pro bono on your case. They exist in most towns.

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  • 9 years ago

    sigh.......99% of what you say has nothing to do with custody. Him cheating? Nobody cares.

    His gf being called mom? Nobody cares. His dad feeds him crap? nobody cares. TV in his room? Nobody cares.

    Go back to court if you want to reverse the custody. Might work, might not work.

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