Just got done with court. BM was a no-show. Apparently BM left a voicemail on the Judge's phone this morning stating that BM did not get the certified letter listing the court date until this past Friday and could BM please get a continuance? Well, last Friday was the 9th and seeing as how the letter was CERTIFIED the Judge had proof that BM received the letter on 12/1/11. Thus proving that BM lied. Also, we had BM's sister and in-laws with us willing to testify on SO's behalf. The Judge denied a motin to continue and SO was granted custody by default. This means that BM has 30 days to call the court and will only be able to get custody if BM can prove that SD is being abused by us. Whatever. SD7 loves us and she's much happier with us. The Judge's assistant also pointed out that BM is the one who left SD and we provided police reports from over the summer when BM was assaulted by her bf and SD was pushed down by him. We had to go pick up SD at 2am from the police station.

Initially the judge was going to give BM until 5pm to show up, but BM is states away and would never make it, soooooo.....Ha. }:)

Anyway, so victory is ours and we will have a celebratory drink later. Court is stressful!