There was a court hearing Wednesday before Thanksgiving. MIL lied and said BM has been sober since she left treatment. We all know that's not true. She says she wants to supervise visits between BM and the kids every other weekend. But then she admits on the record that on the last visit she supervised (earlier this year) BM got drunk at HER house and punched HER in the face. And the court order....MIL gets to supervise visits between BM and the kids every other weekend. We have to transport because BM can't drive (legally-she does all the time anyway) and she is supposed to kick in a little extra for travel costs, but like we will ever see that.

This is all after she called the police to our house, twice on Wednesday and lied saying we left the little kids home alone. This is after she continues to violate the court orders and she continues to drink. This is after she hasn't paid a dime in child support for 8 months, and after she gets to skate on a domestic assault. I swear nothing sticks to this woman.

Last night the kids came home from their visit and SD 9 was devastated. She cried for over an hour and all I could do was hold her. The long and short of it, mom tells her on the visit, in front of the supervisor at the crisis center, that when SHE gets custody, the kids will never see us again. I am beginning to see why people hate the justice system. I just can't imagine what the judge was thinking. Especially when I know him and know he is a very smart man and an excellent judge. The only thing I can think is he is planning to tell her to pound sand on custody so he wants to give her a concession, but what the hell? This woman is crazy, she's a drunk and apparently it's going to take her killing someone before the system sees what a danger she is to society. Just crossing my fingers and hoping for a full on bender to come down the pike. Another hospitalization...I would gladly pay that bill.