I've got to tell you, for the past 7 years, the holiday's have been nothing but a sorce of stress and sleepless nights for me. For some reason stepmom was always worse around the holidays. About a week or two before the school breaks, she would send me the schedule she made up for when I (the custodial parent) could have my son over the break. They always gave me less time with him and gave them the actual holiday. EVERY year they claimed I had him the previous year and it was their year to have him. When I would not answer the door on my holiday, they would pound and kick and come back over and over and make my holiday hell. When it actually was dad's holiday he always tried to keep him until school started again and just send him to school that day, so, I've spent several holiday at dad's door with the police trying to get my child back at the end of the day.
This year though, we don't have to worry about any of that. I wish I had found this site at the beggining of my custody battle. It surely would not have lasted 7 years. If I had known in the begining that I did not have to put up with step mom's crap, my life would have been so much easier and I could have put a stop to it. I have to give another big thank you to everyone on here who has helped me, and especially OG for typing up the motion for me to copy. I never could have done this on my own. I still wake up every day and thank God it's over. My son is a whole different kid now. He's happy, he's no longer violent, he doesn't cry at the drop of a hat, and he's doing great in school. THANK YOU!
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