Ha! There's a great idea, if it flies past the attorney. He might see it as one, more headache, tough call there? I think the ammo, yes, she can get rid of it because of what it IS, no one can force your daughter to keep it in her home. Guns would be more dicey, as well as the car as far as property ownership. It's not at all fair, but I 'think' owners of property can sue you if you get rid of their 'stufff' without some official notice of intent to do so unless it's collected. There's a time limit, though, he can't just leave this stuff there forever with zero plan to retrieve it. The guns of course, hmmm. he can't retrieve them if he's not allowed to own them. I don't know what the law would be there, and yes, I'm guessing if he's forbidden guns and is caught keeping them at someone else's house, he's REALLY up that paddle-less creek.
OH boy, so he claimed the girls as HIS dependents, and of course your daughter did also? He's in a lotttt of trouble, depending on how interested the IRS would be. They don't play around, he'll get his taxes re-done for that year PLUS a whacking huge penalty plus they'll threaten jail time, goody! Boy, he couldn't be happy with just the regular tax-check everyone else on the planet gets, he HAD to go for more, huh?
I don't know. It WILL be terribly hard on your nerves, of course, and your whole family if he choses trial. But, because it taxes terribly strained public resources by refusing to go through other, less expensive routes which could easily solve the problem, judges and other employees are understandably resentful when people like him INSIST on trials, you know? Yes, we all have the right to trial, but geesh, it should be used for prosecuting threats to society not pouting wife abusers who should plea themselves into some just sentence. In other words, things will not go well for him if he insists on a trial unless he would have a GREAT case. He does not. It's an awful case, he's guilt as cr*p with an already p*ssed-off judge. His lawyer will be able to retire early, saying 'Oh, sorry, oops!', having talked him into it in the first place. Gotta love our court system sometimes, huh?
All this energy, all this aggravation and money and time, makes me a little crazy when I think of alllll of these cases and people immersed in this kind of thing. SO unfair, but you're one of the strongest families I've seen coming through all this. It's VERY nice to see, even if it doesn't feel like it. Please don't think I think it's all over, I realize it's not. It's just that HE is kind of under someone's legal thumb at the moment plus is huffing and puffing and no one's house is falling down. For all of us out here who spent a lot of time crawling out from underneath the fallen timbers of our lives, this makes awfully good, comforting reading, you know?
By the way, his attorney should NOT be calling your daughter. That's actually harrassment. I truly do not wish to come across as a pomous know it all, but maybe she should have her attorney tell his attorney to knock it the h*ll off 'or else'. The content alone is a little terrifying, plus coming directly from his attorney, who knows very well your daughter HAS a legal representative? No, this is improper and I'm pretty sure not quite legal? You guys could get wealthy very quickly if she keeps this up, lawyers can get sued just like everybody else.
Much hugs, Gizmo. Please accept the compliment that you're just a plain, old LIKABLE person, makes it so easy to come be in your bleachers and root for you! I got some news this morning which made my stomach upset it was SO upsetting and here I am having talked my way back to 'even'. Mostly. :)
