eireann
Bluelighter
My ex and I have shared custody of our son who is now 15. He had until recently never missed a weekend visit or weekdays even. Last year, my son got into trouble smoking weed and was expelled from school. His father (based solely on my weed smoking before he was born) tried to make real trouble and called Child Protection Service on me. Tried to say the kid must be getting weed from his mother and I was investigated. I had no trouble passing a drug test and the case was quickly closed. Still, what he did was vicious.
I have never asked for more child support since the order was put into place in 1999. Even though I lost my job in 2009, does not make me "unfit" and I have since had other work but quit this past May. My son was non-compliant with drug court and we told him over and over what the consequences would be, so he was placed in a residential treatment program late August. I spent every day this summer with him. Dad never once came for a visit or called my son which is just not like him. Especially at this point where he needs his dad the most.
Again, according to dad this is my fault and things are getting ugly again. He's gone behind my back to the counsellors at the hospital talking all sorts of shit. Saying this is an unsuitable environment and his grandfather is a "blackout drunk" and surely I must be "on something." Couldn't be furthur from the truth and this man has no idea what we do in our home. But loves to paint a very ugly picture of our family to strangers he feels may sympathise with his mud-slinging and believe his propaganda. In actuality, ex was arrested for DUI and also 2 counts of aggravated battery on a pregnant woman (me). But this was before Timmy was born and he doesn't drink anymore.
But I don't know what he will do next. My dad is paranoid that he will phone the authorities again. I say let him, because we have nothing to hide here. Drinking in you own home is legal, we don't get "black out drunk" over here. This is coming from a man who is a dry drunk and cannot handle even 1 beer. Has dragged his son to AA meetings since he was two and continued throughout. So he has the problem, not me. It makes me sick that this man continues to make pathetic attempts to make our family look like we are at fault for the kid's weed smoking. It's even worse when the boy's judge is also in recovery (opiates) and goes to these meetings so I'm waiting for him to crawl up her ass if he hasn't already. OK I will end this rant. Sorry eireann for derailing your thread. There has got to be some legal arrangement but I'm not sure how it works in Ireland.
that guy is a joke unlike that dead beat i want to be entirely involved in my sons life,fair play to you.the last thing i want to do is make my exes job as a parent harder i just wish she would do the same for me.