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12-23-2012 at 1:26 PM
Tasheystar
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Christmas eve

DH and I have been married 2ish years, together a year longer. This is the first Christmas that we've had SD on any of the "Christmas" days (ie: 24, 25, 26). Usually we get her sometime around the 28-29. It's been a while since I've posted, so I'll just state for the record that there is no CO.

In the past, I was very vocal about DH's rights as a father, and I pointed out several times that he should be able to have her for Christmas. He generally doesn't want to rock the boat though, so goes with what BM decides. Whatever. I'm not going to fight about it. I have bigger fish to fry.

Anyway, we have her until tomorrow evening! So excited :) We are going to be 1/2 hour away from BM's house, and she agreed that we could have her until after dinner. She even agreed to pick her up! This is a miracle because DH does ALL of the driving, and we live 2 hours away without the snow. It took DH 3 hours to pick up SD yesterday because the roads were crap. Fast forward to now. BM asks where we're going for dinner tomorrow. DH says that it's with my family. Now, she wants to pick SD up before dinner. They went around and around for a bit, but nothing got resolved. At this point, I feel like we should text BM with the address 1/2 hour before dinner is over. We won't, but that's what I feel like doing (so please don't flame me for that fleeting thought).

There's really no question/advice seeking. I just felt the need to vent a little.


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12-23-2012 at 3:36 PM
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Well, if DH gets upset about it, as his wife I would tell him to get the eff over it unless he wants to go to court and a CO to give him his share of holidays.

As for now, technically he has just as much right to the kid as the mother does. Neither one has legal 'custody' until its spelled out in a CO. He can keep her as long as he wants legally, but he shouldbe prepared for backlash from BM.
 
12-23-2012 at 3:40 PM
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Nothing wrong with that idea. On the other hand, you already know you need a CO exactly for situations like this, but since your H is a pushover, that's what he gets.
 
12-23-2012 at 4:32 PM
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I know. He should get a CO. I agree that he can't really complain if he doesn't.

DH is military, and is away a lot. Anyone have any experience with those kind of COs? Do they look any different from regular ones? What happens if he's away one Christmas? Does he get the next year even though technically it's not his year? Any input would be great for future reference. Thanks!

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12-23-2012 at 5:13 PM
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I'm a lurker from the SP board and just wanted to give my two cents, first off I do agree no matter what your H should have a CO in place.
From a BM perspective I understand stand why she's upset your h and his family hasn't seen LO for holidays in 2 years. If I sent my LO to be with her father for Xmas I would hope he would spend it with his family so they could spend time with LO as well.
But if I were you guys I'd keep LO until after dinner, BM shouldn't go back on her word.

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12-23-2012 at 6:10 PM
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mamastich:
I'm a lurker from the SP board and just wanted to give my two cents, first off I do agree no matter what your H should have a CO in place.
From a BM perspective I understand stand why she's upset your h and his family hasn't seen LO for holidays in 2 years. If I sent my LO to be with her father for Xmas I would hope he would spend it with his family so they could spend time with LO as well.
But if I were you guys I'd keep LO until after dinner, BM shouldn't go back on her word.


I didn't say his family hasn't seen her in two years. MIL and BM are friends, and live 2 minutes from each other. They hang out all the time. MIL cut us off over a year ago, so we're not seeing his family. It's a bit complicated, but it's mainly because we stood up for ourselves. BM is taking SD there sometime in the next few days.

Also, we've never had Christmas because she didn't want to give us Christmas. It didn't fit with her plans.
She has to work tomorrow, which is why we have her without a fight.

ETA: I do understand your pov though

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12-23-2012 at 6:49 PM
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Tasheystar:
I know. He should get a CO. I agree that he can't really complain if he doesn't. DH is military, and is away a lot. Anyone have any experience with those kind of COs? Do they look any different from regular ones? What happens if he's away one Christmas? Does he get the next year even though technically it's not his year? Any input would be great for future reference. Thanks!
we are also military. To answer your question, DH custody agreement doesn't address his military status. Bc he is not stationed in the same place as ss and bc there isn't a chance of that happening (no army bases on Guam) DH has summer breaks and Christmas break on odd numbered years. When dh is on Guam he gets ss eow. 

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12-23-2012 at 7:11 PM
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I have no experience with military COs. But there should be some kind of military family legal on your base/post that could help you I would think. He could at least have a consultation and see what his options are.

You could set it up so that he has every other Christmas/thanksgiving/ect. and just specify that if the parent who's holiday it is is unavailable to be with the child the other parent gets her.
 
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