Update on 'The Drama'

Well, the other side filed the motion to cut short Marks summer by two weeks. Their excuse? All sorts of activities that Shelby wanted to do in those two weeks before she came out here. So I did all sorts of research and phoning back to WI etc and have shot all but one of those activities out of the water in our response. I even included emails from instructors etc showing Shelby is not registered or the dates of the events do not coincide with the dates of her summer in WI even if it IS changed to be two weeks longer. I also included several examples of Mary being completely in contempt and submitted evidence to back it up. While she won't be found in contempt (we'd have to file a seperate motion to do that) it WILL make her look like someone who is just saying whatever she wants whenever she wants to get her way. It will backfire. BTW, I wrote the entire response and our atty LOVED it! In fact, he is using it verbatim and submitting it to the courts. I guess my degree hasn't gone to waste! :)
So now we wait for the other side to respond. Our atty thinks we will get an offer to settle out of court (which is tomorrow btw). If so, our bottom line is pretty clear. She can have the two weeks at the beginning of the summer as long as those two weeks are tacked onto the end of our time. Also, we want the other party to pay the $341 it will cost to make the change. We also asked for atty's fees! :)

Hope for the best, expect the worst (which in this case really ISN'T bad at all!) and I'll post tomorrow with the outcome.

Four years and One month till Shelby is 18 AND out of high school (our contact with Mary ends at that point!) and then we are FREE......at least free in the sense that we will no longer have to put up with the craziness nor will we have to bite our tongues....and trust me on this one..I will have ALOT to say! :)

Hugs to all,
Jaye