Failure to thrive best news I have heard...UPDATED

[cyber-sibes]

Custody battles are soooooooo ugly, congratualtions on your legal victory.
Child abuse makes me SO angry
Having gone thru a custody battle in Illinois, I also found out that if the child is transported across state lines, it is very difficult to get them back even if you won custody...perhaps discuss this with your lawyers to see if you can get any precautionary measures, like no unsupervised visitations.
Will keep your little son in my prayers, he deserves to be loved and cared for!

[DrKym]

Cyber happy birthday and thank you for the gift! yes we knew that it would be hard for her to get him back but he lost so much weight in her care and we have begged the az courts to see this to please take action, we raised him until he was almost 5 then when their divorce was becoming final and she found out that there isnt alimony in AZ she petitioned the court on moral frounds (jas and I werent married ) to get him, AND WON! we fought so hard for him and now that the end is finally here I cannot tell you how grateful I am to hold him and know he wont be taken again, to the best of my knowledge neither state will award custody or visitation unless supervised to a convicted abuser!

[Laura's Babies]

Poor baby! God only knows what that baby has been through.

[moosmom]

Dr. Goodnow,

That is wonderful news!! That poor little boy deserves a stable homelife. Have you talked to your lawyer about the mother paying child support?? Afterall, if the shoe was on the other foot, your hubby would be paying her. I'd look into it, as well as garnishing her wages. She's just as responsible for her son as your hubby is.

I'm glad you'll be getting custody.

[DrKym]

we have been paying 1100.00 a month for him per court order his mom quit her job to try and recieve state benefits even though he is fully insured and we make her car payment each month. Her exact words in court after she was awarded 1100 was i cannot live on that so you will be back to pay me more he is my meal ticket , I wanted a career not a kid. since the case was closed and no one but the stenographer and us heard it it was unusab'e!

[moosmom]

Boy, she sounds like a real piece of work!! Well, I guess now that she won't have him, she's not entitled to any child support, right???

[DrKym]

right! not that we minded but i mean cmon its for HIM not you! she sent him to us with 3 prs of pants 2 pr undies 2 pr socks and a shirt FOR A MONTH! said she didnt want us to have anything else as she cannot afford to replace it if he "forgot" it

[drothergoodnow]

She is a sinister piece of work. I have no idea what I saw in her, much less what motivated me to breed with such a creature in the first place. She did worse to my other kids, and I had to fly them out to New York to be with their mother. That is a WHOLE other issue.
I am ecstatic to be getting them all back soon. My little boy, then my others! Yay!

[moosmom]

I'm so happy for the both of you that all the kids will be back where they belong. I can only IMAGINE what kinds of stories she's been telling them. Have you thought about possibly getting counseling for the kids?? Just a thought.

You guys will be in my thoughts and prayers.