Yesterday was the day we'd planned to have the kiddo spend the night so my son could attend a party at his landlord's house. That was called off because the mother wanted to keep her since her plans fell through.
What really happened is that she never again contacted my son and he couldn't get ahold of her so he brought his daughter here to spend the night with us. We had pizza and reading time, we played cards, she cried cause she wanted the television on when she went to bed however, within five minutes she was out like a light even though I never turned it on for her!! Before I went to bed I peeked in on her and she looked like an angel.
About ten this morning he called and he was in a v.e.r.y bad mood. She simply showed up at his house wanting to pick her daughter up. He was on the phone with my ex-husband at the time. My ex could hear him getting upset because she wants to keep the kiddo overnight tonight... on a school night.
So there he is trying to tell her no and his dad is telling him he needs to take her to court. While my son is thinking he has a pretty good case as time goes on what he doesn't have is money for an attorney. To which my ex told him he shouldn't need an attorney.
This won't be the first time my son has tried to gain custody of his daughter. He can't keep doing this so he wants to make SURE this time.
I called him later and told him if the past is any consolation she'll bring the Kiddo back to him because she can't control her. I've yet to hear if the kiddo got to go home to her dad's house or not.
Not to mention I find more than a little disprespectful to me to not even know if the kiddo will be here in the morning and here on time for me to bathe, feed, dress and get to school.
What simply boggles my mind is that the mother knows the daughter has become much better but we follow a rather strict routine. Why would she want to disrupt that knowing it has bad consequences for her daughter to disrupt her routine??
I'm already dreading the phone calls tomorrow and picking her up ..IF she makes it through school.
UPDATE: Not sure yet if I was right or if he put his foot down but she stayed the night at home and was able to get a good nights sleep on a school night.
Note:: Can it be stipulated that there is no overnight visits on a school night.
