Mediation
(was going to do a long post but keep being distracted so am signing off for the night and will carry on tomorrow with the lawyer's letter(s!))
Last Monday W and I went to mediation. He thinks he is 'entitled' to see the kids 3 nights a week at least. I stood my ground. In the end we have agreed that he picks the kids up from school on Friday, takes Miss I to dancing and then back to his brother's for dinner. I get them, or they are dropped off at 7.30. He also has them all day on one Saturday and one Sunday a month, separated by a fortnight. This will be predominantly at his brother's, but he can have limited time unsupervised with them. I requested he get an independent psychological assessment, Of course I don't think he will. He seems to think that I need one too. He also thinks I should be on medication etc etc etc! We go back in 6 weeks (5 now!) for more.
I went from there to see Miss I and J's new child therapist. And what an appointment! It was just amazing! She wanted to know all about me as how the kids are reacting (especially Miss I) will reflect a lot on me. She also introduced me to NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) which is a way of reframing thought processes. It deserves a blog post on its own one day...
2 comments:
Go Girl! And don't let him mess with the custordy arrangements. Surely the mediator saw the suicide attempt as reason enough for an independent assessment?
The mediator's job was to be impartial. That really infuriated me at times, too! She let him get away with a lot which did make me angry, but then again I suppose he thinks I got away with a lot too... Am tossing up a second glass of red wine before I continue blogging- make make for a more interesting read! LOL!
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