I’m dealing with some serious issues with my ex-wife. She’s been harassing my family for over a year now. When we first divorced, she tried to take my son away and get me supervised visits. Recently, she sent the cops to my home for a welfare check, claiming domestic violence (my current wife was out of town). The cops saw nothing wrong and told us to have a good night. A week later, she made an affidavit saying I was extremely drunk when the cops showed up, cussed her out, and abused my wife and kids. A judge granted her a temporary emergency protective order, so now I can only see my kids supervised at my parents’ home after taking an alcohol test until we can go to court to clear all this up. I have video from that night, so I’m not worried about the judge keeping the order since her claims are baseless. But when I picked up my kids for my time, I was following the order and being supervised, and she called the cops on me again for violating the emergency protection order. I wasn’t even home, but my wife spoke to the police. They said it’s a civil matter and not to take the kids, but it might look bad to a judge. Since I have video evidence and the police have never acted on her calls, will a judge see her behavior as harassment? And wouldn’t it be perjury to lie to get the order? If so, could this help me modify custody to have my son more? I feel like maybe if I had more custody, this would stop.
That sounds really frustrating. If you have video evidence, that could definitely help your case in court.
rejoycetrevor said:
That sounds really frustrating. If you have video evidence, that could definitely help your case in court.
Yeah, I think it shows she’s just trying to manipulate the situation. IDK how she thought this would work.
If the judge sees a pattern of false reports, it could definitely work in your favor. Keep all that evidence ready.
Absolutely, if she’s lying under oath, that’s something serious. You might have grounds for a modification.
Yvonne said:
Absolutely, if she’s lying under oath, that’s something serious. You might have grounds for a modification.
That’s what I’m hoping. It’s been such a headache dealing with her constant harassment.
It sounds like she’s just trying to control the narrative. If you keep documenting everything, you’ll be in a better position.
Hal said:
It sounds like she’s just trying to control the narrative. If you keep documenting everything, you’ll be in a better position.
Definitely. I just want to ensure my kids are safe and not caught in this mess.
Sorry you’re going through this. It’s tough when one parent is just trying to make things hard. Stay strong!