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NCMilGal's picture

Submitted by NCMilGal on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 7:11pm

On whether or not we can get through the next 539 days without BM dragging us to court.

DH SWEARS that BM is going to realize that her gravy train ($10k gross, $8k net) is going to end, and that she will try to get CS continued until SDstb17 is done with college.

I think BM is too stupid to realize it.

Personally, I hope she tries it. If she does, we'll bring SDstb17 into the courtroom and ask her who she wants to live with - the girl has been begging to live with us for two years now. Once she is a legal adult and done with high school, she can choose.

To actually make this relevant, whose BMs pulled this crap? Did you fight it? What was the outcome?

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flipflops's picture

Submitted by flipflops on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 10:38pm

My sd is just 10 and we've been in court literally 18 months (she filed for full custody the day we got married)and its still not over. My bm will probably still be dragging dh into court when sd10 is 18. Her life revolves around what kind of shit she can create to go to court. Hopefully yours isn't like that!

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Submitted by dontcallmestepmom on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 10:48pm

We were worried that our BM would do this when CS ended in July. All she had to do was make the kid sign up for college, and DH would have been forced to pay for possibly 4 more years.

The reasons why I think she did not fight it? Well, DH's son is extremely lazy and hates school. He is exactly like his older brother and sister-who actually said only f****** losers go to college. I don't think BM could have gotten him to get up and go to the school to even sign up. I also think she knew if she did, he would have dropped out anyway. She is SOOOOOOOOOO lazy that I think all of this was too much of an effort in her mind.

DH says that BM did not fight it because she figured she would get the kid to work, which would have him bringing home money to her. Well, he refuses to even apply to jobs, just like his older brother. DH's daughter only works pt. So, that plan did not work.

My stepmother actually fought her exH in court. Their daughter is NOT college material. She knew that, but wanted the CS. The daughter signed up, but barely went to class, partied all the time. Her dad saw that her grades were all failing, and took my stepmother to court. They fought, and he won, because it was obvious their daughter had no interest in school at all. I do not blame the man. I think he would have had no problem paying if she was going to school and doing what she was supposed to do.

I think if your SD wants to live with you, you will be fine, no matter what BM thinks.