Court went OK today, I suppose. FH came out of the court room, and burst into tears. (Not in front of BM, of course!) Apparently, BM's attorney made him feel like crap for missing out on some of SD's younger years. However, I still feel that it's not his fault. The judge even pointed out to FH that he made some parenting mistakes. BM took off with SD to Florida for a while when she was running from a Felony Drug Trafficking charge. A bounty hunter went and extradited her, and BM's mom kept SD the entire time it was going on. But whatever, they used it against FH.

Court got really ugly, and they played all of their cards already. They have no more ammo, if they do, well, it's fiction. FH gets SD Wednesday night at 6pm. We have to return her at 6pm the day after BM gets out of jail. BM was ordered to have SD remain in the local schools here, much to her dismay. She had SD start at the school district that she moved to Monday morning, and the judge asked her, "why did you move now?" BM had NO answer. BM told the court that she could provide transportation for SD to get to and from school where we live. It's an hour drive one way. BM has No driver's license, so it seems as though the judge is setting her up for failure.

One thing I am not happy about is that we have to take SD to her greek school twice a week, an hour drive each way. I believe the classes are 2 hours, so what FH will do when he takes her is beyond me. It would be pointless to drive home, he would have to turn right around. Not to mention the fact that BM still gets to collect child support when she gets locked up, hardly seems fair that we are paying support for a child that is in our custody. It will cost us at least 40 dollars a week to just commute SD to her extracurricular activities. That 40 dollars a week is our grocery money. No joke. FH usually has 40-50 dollars spending money a week. Not anymore. SD likes buying lunch at school, her mother qualified for free lunches, we don't, so there is another 10 dollars a week, at best. All the while BM sits in jail. She will have roughly 400 dollars in child support piled up for her when she gets out.

Court was a small victory, I suppose. BM will mess up with getting SD to school an hour away every day eventually. Now we just play the waiting game. SD lied to all of her friends at school and told them she was moving to New York, so I am sure she is going to be ticked at us for taking her. I think she will learn a lesson in humility and not LIE anymore.