Mr. Barber advised us that because I did not have any children, it might be difficult for the court to allow a visitation for that length of time. I couldn’t believe my ears! Tyler was the biological father of these girls and how in the world could it not be possible for him to take them on vacation because I did not have any biological children. After all, I was a mother figure to these girls on the weekend visits and there had never been a problem. Mr. Barber said he wanted to prepare us for the worst scenario.
Thankfully, our hearing went quite smoothly. The judge felt Tyler was entitled to more visitation than just weekends. He awarded Tyler three weeks visitation over the summer each year until the girls started school, then he was allowed four weeks per year. He never questioned my ability as a mother figure.
Over the next few years, we had several court hearings regarding visitation of the girls. Whenever Vera decided the girls should not come over, she would refuse visitation every weekend for months. We had to contact our attorney to set up a hearing each time to get visitation enforced. At the final visitation hearing, the judge warned Vera that if Tyler had to bring her back to court to enforce visitation one more time, she would be going to jail. She never had a good excuse as to why she refused visitation, she just refused to answer the door and allow the girls to come over. Her anger toward Tyler or I was quite obvious. We just didn’t know why.
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