I wish you could see my happy dance!!

Things went better than I could have asked for. I was not found in contempt. Judge even kinda laughed that he was even asking for it. Ding Dong was even caught telling a few lies on the stand. He first tried to say he did not have to give 30 days notice. My attorney made him read our degree on the stand and he got caught. Then he tried to say that we had been having verbal conversations for months about his vacation and that I was all for him having those days right up until it came time to start vacation. He also tried to say he never sent me a letter asking for his times. Wrong, and my attorney again had him read his letter out loud - caught again.

So the judge told him there was no way to hold me in contempt when he can't follow the rules. I did nothing wrong and he did nothing right.

As far as unblocking the girl's phone line goes the judge said there is no reason to do so. He can not follow our rules and there is another phone to call so we do not have to unblock Ding Dong's number.

His CS did go down a very small amount ($10) and was not stopped the way he wanted. He has not received his final amount from his workman's comp settlement as of yet. It is estimated that it will be around 50-75K. So our daughters should receive a good chunk of that. It will go into a college fund for later use. He is suppose to be released to go back to work the first part of March and the final settlement amount should be in soon so we will be back in court again real soon.

Ding Dong tried to make some statements on the stand about my hubby. Ding Dong does not like him at all and at one point even physically assaulted him. The judge pointed out to him that hubby is apparently a good SF and Ding Dong had best appreciate that fact and move on with life. Oh how I wanted to laugh out loud at that one!

So all in all it was a good day for us and a very bad day for Ding Dong. Wish I was a drinker a bottle of your favorite wine for everybody!!