well this is where it might get complicated, cause here is the dilema i am in. I paid my support as ordered, but we never got full orders from the court. My daughter is 5 years old now, and we are still under temporary orders. We flat out both ran out of money and just quit going to court. Right now, the temporary orders have me listed as the joint conservator, and her as the primary. But we are set up as joint conservators of the child, so i assume that would mean joint custody with primary residence being at her moms. I rarely get a chance to see my daughter due to living arrangements, and her mom has held her over my head and my familys heads as a trophy. She is only using the child as leverage to gain support from me. Its a sad situation because she is rarely with my daughter to begin with. So, living in Tx, i can sign away rights, and be out of the whole deal completely from what i have found out thus far. I am not sure if this is the best route to take seeing the situation as it is. But i recently lost my job and i havent been able to pay the support in the temporary orders until just now. From what i have been told, now she plans to try to put me in jail because of the payments that have been missed, when the whole time i have been communicating my situation with her. She recently found out that i became engaged so this is only adding fuel to her fire, and she is making my life as difficult as humanly possible. I am kinda stuck in a rock and a hard place, not sure which path to take, and awaiting the inevitbale... which i am afraid will be jail time. dont get me wrong, i do care for my daughter, but i havent been in the position to be of much help lately. I know that she will crack if i sign over custody, but at what costs to me? She has to have my family help her with everything she gets involved in, and has been a mooch in that sense. Its kinda getting old, and now I am at a point where she has gone to far by threating me with tihs jail deal. I know that this is a serious issue, but enough is enought already... your thoughts?
-Peter
