Ummm... not even sure where to begin... I just received information from my attorney that my exes attorney filed for a continuance due to an emergency hearing that she has to be at. I personally call BS on that b/c my ex and his attorney have been difficult throughout this whole process. So instead of going to court on Thursday as originally planned, the date has been changed to August 4th. Which means even longer that GCP and I will be apart and my family continues to stay seperated. It's taking me forever to type this b/c I can't see straight at the moment. I'm so disheartened and don't know what to think right now. Plus, I have an abcess in my bottom jaw and the first antibiotic did not work so they had to put me on a stronger one. I'm not allowed to drink alcohol or even use mouthwash with alcohol in it b/c it will send me to the ER... oiiiiii.......

All I'm asking is for LOTS of prayers please!!! .

Louisiana politics is what it is, pure crap...ask Jennie.

i so sorry to hear

Twylla,I hope this mess all ends soon, I know you are very anxious to end that chapter of life and begin a new one!! Prayers are sent your way!!!

Twylla
Trust in the lord and he shall lighten your burden. Prayers sent your way girl.

All I can say is hope a big hurrican comes along this year and washes away the whole state!

I hate to bing bad news but no matter what you do it's going to be a battle! There is not a Judge in that state that will allow their "KIDS" to leave unless both parents leave.

Their laws are stupid! I have been fighting for 9 years with my EX, the lawyers, judges etc.... My child has been living in a messed up home all that time. Finally, she is coming home to me after a 9 year battle and 20 thousand dollars! But still all they will give me is temporary custody! This is their way of trying to keep control.

In my case the Judge is my ex's lawyer crooked I know! The DA is his uncle! We have to go through the DA to move to another court! HaHa and the DA wont approve the Jurisdiction! Go figure! So, I can either settle with Temp. custody or pay a new Lawyer out of N.O. 9k to file with the state DA to move the court. And then Pay her an additional 6k for the actual custody hearing!

there is lots of good info on

www.la-legal.com

Good luck!

If you ever need to talk let me know I have been through it all

JUST AN UPDATE...

Well... Court was scheduled for August 4th and once again has been continued thanks to my ex and his attorney... So now we are supposed to go October 18th... oiiii.... Please keep praying for us...

Are you scheduled with the same judge each time that it is postponed? I would hope the judge would realize that their attorney is doing this on purpose. The 6th admendment is about the right to a speedy trial for a criminal case. In civil cases it looks like any number of reasons could be used for a continuance but must be agreed to by the judge. What does your attorney say about this? Nothing he can do?

your attorney should argue that this is nothing more than stalling, and due to this it is making it much harder on the children than what it should be. something along the lines of an ongoing custody battle is disruptive to their education as well as their general well being. If that can be proved, and the judge still wont hear the case. Then perhaps the problem runs deaper then what appears on the surface. If she agrees that more time is necessary after the 18th of october than i would make the argument for just that. No practicing lawer should ever take this much time in a custody battel; if the evedacne isnt there than it just isnt. Sorry to hear all this twilla, but you and kenny will pull through, and good things come to those that wait, so be patient and play their waiting game for the time being.

Because it's not called a custody battle for nothing, I offer a few quotes from the greatest general to ever live, and one of my favorite authors...




He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve. If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced out on the ground. All we need do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way.

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak.

Do not interfere with an army that is returning home. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Fight not unless the position is critical. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

-Sun Tzu, the Art of War