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DP:
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I'm reading this in alt.dads-rights, where I seldom wander due to the
finite amount of time I can spend reading and posting.... but, the reason
I'm here today is just to say, wish us luck.  I'm accompanying my 23 yo son
to his divorce and custody hearing in Bastrop Texas this afternoon.  My son
was married about 2.5 years and has a son, Aaron, who just turned two.  His
soon to be ex moved out from their home in June to live with another man,
emptied the bank accounts, took all the furniture, etc. Chris (my son) is
a child of divorce himself who grew up with very little contact with his
biological dad and a step-dad who was... not such a good father, and it
has been the central point of his life since Aaron's birth to be the kind
of dad he wished he had had.  About a month after the separation, his ex-to-be
was arrested trying to buy drugs, and Aaron was placed with his grandmother
(not me, the other one) as a temporary measure.  Now, the grandmother does
not want to give him up.  We are very uncertain what the outcome will be,
it seems that parental rights should prevail over grandparents', but this
woman has a lot of money and an influential family, and this is a rural,
conservative environment... although I get really pissed when I think
that she purports to say that she can offer such a superior home life to
Aaron, when if it was so great, why is her daughter the way she is?  But,
hours before the hearing, mostly I'm trying to stay calm and be there for
Chris whatever the outcome is.  
Wish us luck!
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