Question about a child not wanting to see her father (divorce) (1 Viewer)

[Zow]

I know there's usually two sides to every story. And I know that a lot of people can't fathom that a father and grandmother could be as bad as I'm describing.

I will say that I have no reason to lie to anyone on here. I have always been truthful and honest. And I am an unbelievably nice guy.

In my lifetime, I have never met two worse people than these two. Again, I don't really want to air too much of my family's dirty laundry on this site, so you'll just have to take what I say at face value.

My goal, first and foremost, is to make sure this little girl grows up to be a good person and has the same advantages most kids have. I don't care who is in her life, as long as they don't hurt her. I understand why some of you may think that I'm the bad guy in this situation. That's fine by me. You don't have all of the facts. My goal isn't to convince you that I'm a good guy. I know I am.

I fully and wholeheartedly support your position on this. There are ways to keep daddy and grandma out of the kid's life, but they will either be very expensive or very messy.

I swear that should be on my card instead of Attorney at Law.

Yankee23fan, Esq.

"It will either be very expensive or very messy."

Call.....

Stop that.

Lol. I did that just for you. Glad you caught it.

And for the record, I have stopped doing that on all letters. It's liberating.

I've stopped this as well due to that thread, except for the signature line on my firm's pleadings because the partners wanted to leave it as is. I've also started addressing opposing counsel in letters as Mr. Smith, Esq. Just to be all fancy.

You don't use Mr. and Esq. together. It's bad form.

So switch "Mr." to "Dr."?

Kidding, but dammit I can't keep up with present professional trends.

 

[Henry Ford]

Some good advice, some harsh, but a lot of truth...

I doubt there is anything you can do cheaply, which sucks, but if involves legal, the lawyers will collect.

Does the Grandma at least take her shopping and buy her clothes, toys, etc?

The grandmother probably spends about $50 on her annually. That's probably a very high estimate.

Funny story, my daughter's birthday is close to Christmas. For her birthday, the grandmother got her a card and in it it said that she would be donating $200 to a horse farm in my daughter's name. She was told that that would cover both her birthday and Christmas, so don't expect anything for Christmas.

Awesome gifts for a 9 year old. Not to mention, I kind of doubt that she even actually made a donation.

Send her a card saying you'll be matching that donation to a home for mentally infirm geriatrics. And that you want to take advantage of the tax deduction for the donation in the daughter's name, so you just need the donation receipt.

 

[Zow]

Some good advice, some harsh, but a lot of truth...

I doubt there is anything you can do cheaply, which sucks, but if involves legal, the lawyers will collect.

Does the Grandma at least take her shopping and buy her clothes, toys, etc?

The grandmother probably spends about $50 on her annually. That's probably a very high estimate.

Funny story, my daughter's birthday is close to Christmas. For her birthday, the grandmother got her a card and in it it said that she would be donating $200 to a horse farm in my daughter's name. She was told that that would cover both her birthday and Christmas, so don't expect anything for Christmas.

Awesome gifts for a 9 year old. Not to mention, I kind of doubt that she even actually made a donation.

Send her a card saying you'll be matching that donation to a home for mentally infirm geriatrics. And that you want to take advantage of the tax deduction for the donation in the daughter's name, so you just need the donation receipt.

Nice.

 

[Henry Ford]

So switch "Mr." to "Dr."?


Kidding, but dammit I can't keep up with present professional trends.

It's not a trend. Mr. is a courtesy. Esq. is a professional honorific. They don't belong together. It's like calling someone Mister Doctor, or Mr. John Smith, M.D.

 

[Henry Ford]

Man, I just completely ruined my opportunity to use "Trapper John, M.D." as an example. You really don't get many chances at that.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Some good advice, some harsh, but a lot of truth...

I doubt there is anything you can do cheaply, which sucks, but if involves legal, the lawyers will collect.

Does the Grandma at least take her shopping and buy her clothes, toys, etc?

The grandmother probably spends about $50 on her annually. That's probably a very high estimate.

Funny story, my daughter's birthday is close to Christmas. For her birthday, the grandmother got her a card and in it it said that she would be donating $200 to a horse farm in my daughter's name. She was told that that would cover both her birthday and Christmas, so don't expect anything for Christmas.

Awesome gifts for a 9 year old. Not to mention, I kind of doubt that she even actually made a donation.

Send her a card saying you'll be matching that donation to a home for mentally infirm geriatrics. And that you want to take advantage of the tax deduction for the donation in the daughter's name, so you just need the donation receipt.

Hilarious, but great advice...

& $50 annually for a wealthy grandma is ridiculous... What else is this bag gonna spend money on?

 

[Banger]

Some good advice, some harsh, but a lot of truth...

I doubt there is anything you can do cheaply, which sucks, but if involves legal, the lawyers will collect.

Does the Grandma at least take her shopping and buy her clothes, toys, etc?

The grandmother probably spends about $50 on her annually. That's probably a very high estimate.

Funny story, my daughter's birthday is close to Christmas. For her birthday, the grandmother got her a card and in it it said that she would be donating $200 to a horse farm in my daughter's name. She was told that that would cover both her birthday and Christmas, so don't expect anything for Christmas.

Awesome gifts for a 9 year old. Not to mention, I kind of doubt that she even actually made a donation.

Send her a card saying you'll be matching that donation to a home for mentally infirm geriatrics. And that you want to take advantage of the tax deduction for the donation in the daughter's name, so you just need the donation receipt.

Hilarious, but great advice...

& $50 annually for a wealthy grandma is ridiculous... What else is this bag gonna spend money on?

vodka for son?

 

[Zow]

So switch "Mr." to "Dr."?


Kidding, but dammit I can't keep up with present professional trends.

It's not a trend. Mr. is a courtesy. Esq. is a professional honorific. They don't belong together. It's like calling someone Mister Doctor, or Mr. John Smith, M.D.

I recognize that, just am so used to practicing in a smaller area or with the same lawyers that professional honorifics went out the window pretty much immediately.

In fact, I just sent two "offer letters" (e-mails) where one started with "Hey, let's do this…" and another included a youtube link to Cartman's "breaking my balls" clip.

 

[Zow]

Some good advice, some harsh, but a lot of truth...

I doubt there is anything you can do cheaply, which sucks, but if involves legal, the lawyers will collect.

Does the Grandma at least take her shopping and buy her clothes, toys, etc?

The grandmother probably spends about $50 on her annually. That's probably a very high estimate.

Funny story, my daughter's birthday is close to Christmas. For her birthday, the grandmother got her a card and in it it said that she would be donating $200 to a horse farm in my daughter's name. She was told that that would cover both her birthday and Christmas, so don't expect anything for Christmas.

Awesome gifts for a 9 year old. Not to mention, I kind of doubt that she even actually made a donation.

Send her a card saying you'll be matching that donation to a home for mentally infirm geriatrics. And that you want to take advantage of the tax deduction for the donation in the daughter's name, so you just need the donation receipt.

Hilarious, but great advice...

& $50 annually for a wealthy grandma is ridiculous... What else is this bag gonna spend money on?

Lawyer fees for her son.

 

[Keerock]

Some good advice, some harsh, but a lot of truth...

I doubt there is anything you can do cheaply, which sucks, but if involves legal, the lawyers will collect.

Does the Grandma at least take her shopping and buy her clothes, toys, etc?

The grandmother probably spends about $50 on her annually. That's probably a very high estimate.

Funny story, my daughter's birthday is close to Christmas. For her birthday, the grandmother got her a card and in it it said that she would be donating $200 to a horse farm in my daughter's name. She was told that that would cover both her birthday and Christmas, so don't expect anything for Christmas.

Awesome gifts for a 9 year old. Not to mention, I kind of doubt that she even actually made a donation.

Send her a card saying you'll be matching that donation to a home for mentally infirm geriatrics. And that you want to take advantage of the tax deduction for the donation in the daughter's name, so you just need the donation receipt.

Hilarious, but great advice...

& $50 annually for a wealthy grandma is ridiculous... What else is this bag gonna spend money on?

Lawyer fees Bail for her son.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Some good advice, some harsh, but a lot of truth...

I doubt there is anything you can do cheaply, which sucks, but if involves legal, the lawyers will collect.

Does the Grandma at least take her shopping and buy her clothes, toys, etc?

The grandmother probably spends about $50 on her annually. That's probably a very high estimate.

Funny story, my daughter's birthday is close to Christmas. For her birthday, the grandmother got her a card and in it it said that she would be donating $200 to a horse farm in my daughter's name. She was told that that would cover both her birthday and Christmas, so don't expect anything for Christmas.

Awesome gifts for a 9 year old. Not to mention, I kind of doubt that she even actually made a donation.

Send her a card saying you'll be matching that donation to a home for mentally infirm geriatrics. And that you want to take advantage of the tax deduction for the donation in the daughter's name, so you just need the donation receipt.

Hilarious, but great advice...

& $50 annually for a wealthy grandma is ridiculous... What else is this bag gonna spend money on?

Lawyer fees Bail for her son.

This is sadly accurate.

Not to mention, since he doesn't work and lives at home, I guess she's technically still paying child support on her own kid.