The Return of Lo Bastardo
I had an appointment at Legal Aid yesterday about the divorce. I told lo bastardo a week and a half ago that I was going to file, so he knows what I am doing. He may even agree to irreconcilable differences. Actually, I'm sure he will, since it would mean the abuse wouldn't be mentioned. It should be simple...
Should be, but isn't. The lawyer I met with, Eva, told me they would probably accept my case, but that they may not be able to help me. I may have to go back to England if I want to file. That would be the only way to hope to recover my thirty thousand pounds that my ex stole from me. Still sounds good, right? Here's the rub: visitation. I may have to send Xander to London every summer. That means that he will miss SummerFest (which he doesn't want to miss), and when he comes home I'll have a snotty, spoiled, rotten little boy to deal with. And until he comes home, I will have to live with the sheer terror of them not sending him home.
Xander has dual citizenship. When we got his passport at the American Embassey, we were told that he couldn't enter the US on his British passport. If he were to do so, he'd lose his American citizenship. My MIL told me "you took my son from me, and I am going to take yours from you". I don't trust her. I can't trust her, can't take the chance. What if I have no choice but to trust her?
My ex has Italian citizenship as well as British. What is to stop my MIL taking Xander to the Italian Consulate (which is very close to their home) and register him as an Italian citizen? If they were to take him to Sicily, I'd not be able to get him back.
Do I go through with the divorce, or do I give up on the idea and stay married? Should I go back to my ex, and hope he really has changed? Our visit to London almost three years ago would suggest he hasn't, since he abused me while we were there.
What can I do to keep my son?
Should be, but isn't. The lawyer I met with, Eva, told me they would probably accept my case, but that they may not be able to help me. I may have to go back to England if I want to file. That would be the only way to hope to recover my thirty thousand pounds that my ex stole from me. Still sounds good, right? Here's the rub: visitation. I may have to send Xander to London every summer. That means that he will miss SummerFest (which he doesn't want to miss), and when he comes home I'll have a snotty, spoiled, rotten little boy to deal with. And until he comes home, I will have to live with the sheer terror of them not sending him home.
Xander has dual citizenship. When we got his passport at the American Embassey, we were told that he couldn't enter the US on his British passport. If he were to do so, he'd lose his American citizenship. My MIL told me "you took my son from me, and I am going to take yours from you". I don't trust her. I can't trust her, can't take the chance. What if I have no choice but to trust her?
My ex has Italian citizenship as well as British. What is to stop my MIL taking Xander to the Italian Consulate (which is very close to their home) and register him as an Italian citizen? If they were to take him to Sicily, I'd not be able to get him back.
Do I go through with the divorce, or do I give up on the idea and stay married? Should I go back to my ex, and hope he really has changed? Our visit to London almost three years ago would suggest he hasn't, since he abused me while we were there.
What can I do to keep my son?
posted by orion`s daughter @ 21:04
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