MOTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. IS ONE HEALTHY FATHER ENOUGH!? she has rich parents and their lawyer team has been giving me hell for the last year! While she destroys her life, the lawyers destroy mine and our son's!!
My 3-year-old son has not seen his mother in 3 months! He had supervised visits with her, on and off, one day a week since her D.V. arrest in 2019. She was also arrested in April for possession and DUID. She has serious suicidal thoughts; she has had distant past and recent 5150/5250s.
She's been diagnosed with many mental health conditions, including bilolar, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder, Disassociative diso,rder and more.
This August she possibly tried to poison him at a visit. The visitation monitor took them to the hospital and she tried to feed him the stuff again, and caused a been scene. She then got irate and violent with hospital staff and security in front of him. She had police and DCFS called on her.
Just before our forced separation sep 2019 she told me she was having thoughts of harming him. I read, last month she told a detective that she had had thoughts of harming herself and our son; she also blamed the thoughts on witchcraft. She also has given different reasons for why she fed our son bathtub soap. My wifes biological mother was schizophrenic and I fear she may be, at 29, a late onset case.
The Los Angeles courts are very slow during the covid-19 limitations, also her wealthy parents pay a lawyer team to complicate the process and miscronstrude facts, and block her medical records from being subpoenaed so far. It feels like the lawyers and the court do have our sons best interest as priority.
After I filled a restraining order to protect him in aug, I offered her Zoom video visits last week, but she did not exept the conditions.
Our son does not seem to be effected by this at all, some times he asks for her. I wish he could see her, but I also don't want to risk his life. It's hard to know what her intention was in feeding him stuff that wasn't food 2 times in a row.
He is a very happy 3 year old, social and smart. I spend everyday with him when he's not at school, but I fear that not seeing his mother will traumatize him. It is really weighing on me to make the right decisions. Can you make suggestions on what to do? What do I tell him when he asks to see his mom? Can I see a psychologist to inform me on how to parent him and help me make visitation decisions? And how likely is it that his mother was trying to harm him by what she did and if not, then why would she feed him bathtub fizz dye once and then try again in the hospital?
[+]Nightwing420811 points [recovered] (3 children) | Copy Link
Make sure all of this is on record. A poisoning attempt should be enough to deny her any visitation rights immediately. Call anybody you can. Call 911 even if it means just talking to another police officer another time. Stay strong. The courts never defend the dead but it sounds like you’ve got enough of a case to keep that kid away from her. I have a three-year-old son as well. I also have a 17-year-old son that I finally got full custody of after years of my ex-wife abusing him. Do not give up. Always fight for your children. Be strong. Focus on yourself. Pray. I don’t care if you’ve never believed in God or if other people tell you it’s stupid. Lean on God. Find new people to surround you with warmth and happiness and safety. I’m all the way in Colorado or else I’d be there to help. If you need anything please message me. If you need somebody to talk to you please just message me and I’ll give you my phone number. I have no expert advice but I do know that a man protects his children sadly even if it’s against his mother. You can do this. You are a warrior. Put on that armor.
[–]ClayDePerna[S] 2 points3 points4 points (2 children) | Copy Link
[+]Nightwing420811 points [recovered] (1 child) | Copy Link
Bro. Reach out to a local church. Most have food banks. Sone churches won’t help but if you call a few you’ll find help... and maybe a friend. This is exactly what a church is supposed to do. Stay strong.
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