Posted on 09/19/2016 6:28:51 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
I was entering the service to get as far away from the woman who decided to divorce me...prior to my departure for permanent party she would not let me see my daughter ( who I cherish ) ...funny how money sways thing’s....the mother of my “only” child has since passed but not after giving birth to 4 other siblings for my daughter, very tumultuous for all involved is the kindest way I can say it. I wonder if I had money(big money) If i would have done anything different?...I hope not. Not being in Bill’s or his wife’s shoes I will not offer an opinion....I just find it strange that a mothers wishes are not carried out in the family courts as they currently stand in such matters.
“a daily fine of $2,500 for each day of noncompliance since Oct. 11, 2015”
That’s almost a year now.
Parental alienation, turning the children against the other parent. It’s psychological abuse of the children.
Sorry to hear that. I’m glad for you and your dad. I just hope your siblings are at peace with mom by their side.
In the end that’s the important thing. As long as your dad is at peace with it, all is good.
It’s unfortunate to be sure, but I’ll bet your dad will be just fine with it all, if they are happy now.
Sorry you had to go through this.
I remember reading an article about the O’Riellys several years ago. The daughter was 14 months old. Mrs. O said then that he was a very good dad and the little one had him wrapped around her finger.
What the father does, and what the mother does in these instances are two different things. Protective services are trained to protect women, and woman can get away with a hell of a lot. If a man did some of the things they do, he’d have the book thrown at him.
When I went through one of my divorces, I tried to communicate problems with protective services. They took this to be hostility on my part. They didn’t want to hear from me at all.
I’m not sure if this is the norm or not, but I suspect it’s a lot closer than I would like to think.
I have no use for O’Really, either, but ex-wives are notorious for riding roughshod, on the backs of their kids and their custodial rights, over the fathers, who are left to pay the bill for the nasty theatrics.
$350,000 sounds like justice Maureen might be inclined to remember.
That would be especially bad if she is a spinner!
the whole point of visitation is to ensure both parents can have a meaningful relationship with the child. As a father and a Christian I have a duty to be involved in the raising of my child. Just because Mom is selfish and evil doesn’t mean Dad should not insist on keeping the relationship and helping to take part in raising the child. our families are messed up because too many fathers give in to be “reasonable” and let Mom do as she wishes. Grow a set, be a Dad, be a leader, be the mature one. let selfish Moms enjoy enforcement via the Courts. No glee in that situation, but it is selfish Mom (or Dad’s) choice.
I don’t like O’Reilly at all, and have no idea what kind of Dad he is, nor why Mom did this. But she had her chance to make a case to the Court and clearly she lost. Hopefully a win for the children.
Hard to believe. We know you to be a peach! BFF.
sounds to me like there were penalties because she persisted in not making up the visitation time. or, the Judge got tired of Mom’s attitude. Given the $$$ in Dad’s bank acct (and probably Mom’s), this is possibly chump change for both. Next time they need to maybe give Mom time in the County lockup? Let her think about following the Court order, or maybe it could be grounds to flip Primary conservatorship. It depends on the State law and the Judge
The first problem is, none of us are perfect. The second problem is it is very hard for us to judge for ourselves where we belong on the scale of perfection vs demon. Are we average, less than average, or overall above average? The third problem is, if you’re an honest person and try to be open with people, they can trash you for your frankness, saying that proves how low you were. The fourth problem is that we are sometimes too hard on ourselves, but we mean well and want to be completely fair, when those around us have no intention of being reciprocal.
At some point you just give up and accept that life doesn’t always turn out like we wish it would. You hope for the kids to be happy and are content thinking they probably are less conflicted without you trying to be in their life.
We all have a right to peace, and sometimes men have to make concessions to attain what they are as entitled to as anyone else.
I don’t like crazy either.
I’m a rather logical person, or at least I try to be.
When the actions of others aren’t logical, it’s hard for me to understand.
Peace and harmony are things that are logical to seek. When others would rather fight than be happy, I have a very hard time understanding it, and coping with it.
BFF? Aww, that was awfully nice. Thank you RitaOK.
LOL
Leni
Is this the wife he dragged down the stairs by the hair?
People change over time. He may have been charming to her in the beginning. Perhaps he was different at home. He may have been very nice to her. She may have egged him on too. We’ll never know.
Even the kids living in a household don’t know what the dynamics between their parents truly are.
From experience I can tell you that every person that thinks they know what happened in a home, because they were filled in all the time, generally have no idea what really went on there.
“Is this the wife he dragged down the stairs by the hair?”
If it were, I have a hard time believing the Judge would have awarded him unsupervised possession and access to the children, at least until he had completed some kind of anger management counseling.
Moreover, we do not know whether the ex-wife embellished (or fabricated out of whole cloth) accusations to try to influence the Court and deprive Dad of P&A.
It sounds that her Motion of Modify failed, and clearly whatever argument she had for withholding possession also failed. Time to obey the Court order, and allow Dad time to have a meaningful relationship with his children.
Wisdom. You have it. Very nice post, DO.
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