Hi there, my lawyer told me today we will definitely go to Court as BPD ex not agreeing to anything in terms of parenting plan, refusing to agree to scheduled visits or helping me with child's medical bills. Typical wrestling with smoke stuff, won't agree but won't provide counter proposal. He hasn't engaged legal respresentation so my lawyer is stuck reading his crazy emails.$4000 in legal bills later, still no agreement!
The thing is a court date is 12-18 months wait. In the meantime I have started the ball rolling for mediation, I'm sure he won't do it but it is a requirement here that you try it before court.
I would love survival tips from people who have been through this.
The thought of dealing with the most unreasonable person I know or another 12-18 months makes me wish I could sink into a coma!
Yeah I have done mediation.
Be sure to ask for more than you want - then concede just to feed into their ego and make them feel although you aren't getting what you want, that is the key. I believe that would be the key, only because I came in with a flat agreement, completely reasonable and got no where.
