Dear Befuddled,
I know next to nothing about the legal system except that it is not fair for everyone. I grieve for your not getting a better financial arrangment.

I celebrate for you that you are going to be more free from him with each step. You have plenty of life to look forward to with him out of the picture.

Don't you have a court date next week on Nov. 3? Is it with the same judge?

Mari