My exhusband and I have been friends since we split up aout 7 years ago. For the most part it has been amicable which is great since we have a daughter together. During the first four years of our split she lived soley with me and occasionally saw her father (no child support, occasionally he would pay for school lunches). A little over three years ago I moved in with him temorarily to help both of us get on our feet. we were not back together, at the time I was actually dating someone else. Anyway, when I moved out we gave my daughter the option to stay there so she could continue going to the same school or to move with me. She chose to stay there. Over the past 3 years I have seen her tons with the exception of the last year. Now everytime I call or try to stop by to pick her up she is never home. My ex has been letting her just run the streets. He never tells me where she is so I can pick her up from there. So a couple of weeks ago her and some friends of hers trashed a vacant house. I said enough is enough and made her come to my house where she has been grounded but has had constant supervison. Wednesday her dad called and asked if she could please spend the night he missed her and wanted to spend time with her. As mad as I am at the whole situation I can't not let her see her father, so I let her spend the night with the stipulation that I would be picking her up when I got off work today (Thursday). I call on my way over and askd him to get her stuff ready and he said she isn't there. So now I am ticked off. The whole reason I let her go was to spend time with her father. I show up and he went and got her from the pool (which is where she was although he couldn't tell me that when I called). She tells me she has to go upstairs to get her stuff so I wait in my car. My ex lives with someone so I won't intrude on that. After about 10 minutes of waiting my ex comes to my car and says she isn't going with you. I will take her to your moms tomorrow. Then proceeds to tell me that this amicable no courts involved custody arrangement we have had isn't working for him that he is taking me to court and suing for full custody of my daughter. I am so flippin mad I can't stand it! How the hell does he get off letting my daughter get arrested while in his care and then turn around and want to sue for full custody!!! Anyway...I just had to vent anyone who knows me already knows most of whats been going on anyway.
