Cecelia gets Half a Haircut

Cecelia came through the door the other day with half of her head shaved. The other half has not been cut since she and I were split up almost 10 months ago so it’s way too long and tangly. It seems no Michael means no taking care of Cecelia anymore. Seriously. She showed up 5 times with no underwear and her mother had to be spoken to. Then she showed up with stitches in her head for over a month, the very first…

Criminal Court PTI Today

My lawyer was supposed to email me photos the officer took, promised the last time we met, which if I remember was in August 2021? So after calling her 2 times and still not being given any way to directly contact her(which I can understand to a degree, but she still could set up a free google # and email…

My 2021 Christmas (1 hour visit) with Cecelia!

With no visit for me and Cecelia next week because the entire staff is “off” and I’m unable to see Cecelia this year for Christmas, I wasn’t sure what to do. So I did this: I wrapped a bunch of presents with a letter to Cecelia, plus stuffed her monogrammed stocking full of goodies to go through at our visit, so we’d have something there, and she’s have a way to celebrate ON Christmas with something for her from me. Although I doubt the letter is going to ever make it to her, ever since her mother will have to read it to her, which she won’t do, I know for a fact. But there are a lot of sentiments she’ll be able to take away from the letter as well since I knew she’s now the sole translator for Cecelia, which is a powerful role (the reason it was…

Turned Away Again from Visiting with Cecelia

Arrived at the CSH tonight with gifts for Cecelia and was turned away because I could only afford half of their bill to see her. I know what it’s like to be in an actual kidnapping/hostage situation now. How do I explain this to my f\daughter? How do you think her mother will explain it? Not well, I’m willing to bet. An opportunity for further manipulation and bond severing between me and our daughter! You Bet! Don’t let it go to waste, ever is her thinking.

Visitation With Cecelia

I had a wonderful visitation with Cecelia today, my allotted 1 hour. Which I have to pay for. There are 2 ways to look at that: A 1-hour ransom I have to pay each week(which has now become a matter of months, which is completely insane and displays an apathetic and non-empathetic family court/legal system), or an assessment. Or both, in fact. Both should, and in the case of one, is illegal. Unless a judge makes it legal and concrete where no one can change things, ever, at all, and no one is incentivized to change the horrible, damaging arrangement with…

Visit with Cecelia

I visited with Cecelia today and it was an interesting meeting. She was filthy, as were her clothes and she had 10 pounds of dirt under her nails, 2 cuts where her mother somehow cut her finger twice instead of cutting her fingernail(and didn’t bother to clean them obviously). I suspect alcohol was involved. It’s the only reason and Cecelia has told me her mother has increased her consumption habits, as well as taking up smoking AGAIN, after fighting and slowly…

The Big Day

This was THE BIG DAY. The day the judge kicked all the cans to. And what happens? I can’t log onto Zoom to get to the hearing. Zoom would let me start a meeting but not join. I uninstalled and reinstalled and wasn’t sure whether to call someone after the hearing time had begun since the court was in session or what. It was a disaster. I didn’t make the hearing that I had looked forward to for….months. I finally was able to log on afterward, and Judge Ward saw I was signed in and pulled me u. I was…

Mother files motion for “Contempt of Court” which is a joke

I received a notice today from mother’s attorney saying he’s filing a contempt of court motion to have it reviewed on September 17. The motion is nothing but lies that have no relevance to any order. Just a few things that are inaccurate at best and flat-out lies at worst. I “Zoomed” into motion hour today and…

Latest Motion Filed, Spoke to Judge & Petitioner Atty Actually Showed up

I filed a motion last week to go before the judge and ask for the supervised access to be lifted today. The judge is giving more credence to the mother’s attorney than me. For a fact. That’s not blind justice. It’s working things how she wants them to so that they will be handled how she wants them to, not how they’re meant to be. And the attorney for the mother showed up and alleged a bunch of junk that was deceptive and unnecessary which of course the…

First Visit With Cecelia in a Month

I got an email today which seems to be sent yesterday, although the meeting it referred to was scheduled for today. Nothing is as it seems when it comes to the CSH. So I received an email hours before the usual scheduled 3:30 Tuesday visitation, which I need to be there at 3:20 or before, or else I’m written up and fined steeply for. As the client, you see. The email states that after “careful” consideration, the CSH has decided to keep me on as a client. As long as I don’t sep out of line, according to them. They were kind enough ti include a copy of their guidebook, which is as vague as can be, and a copy of “Disciplinary Action” that has been…