sweetpea51306
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My husband and I have three beautiful girls ages 5,4 and 15 months. My husbands mother has spent time with the children since my oldest was born. She would offer to come play with the girls and watch them if my husband and I wanted to go out. It always seemed that every month my mother in law would have a temper tantrum of some sort saying that my hubby and I never apprecitaed her and throwing in our face how shes always watched the kids so we could have time alone. I had made it very clear how we appreciated the help she offered. It was nice for me having a break since I am a stay at home mom. During her fits of anger she would call me every name under the moon, try and break up my marriage with her son and would text message me horrible things. 2 months ago I finally had enough after she threatened to take my children away and intervene with another court matter that I was dealing with. I was tired of trying to make it work so I cut off all ties with her, she did the same and had her number changed. Just recently her ex boyfriend won a large sum of money from a lawsuit and told my husband and I that she was going to take us to court for visitation rights because her ex boyfriend was going to borrow her the money. I ofcourse cannot afford an attoney not working, my hubby thinks that we should just let her see them with no string attached supervised. I am so hurt from all the problems that started arising 5 years ago. I do not want to deal with this the rest of my life either. I will not stand and let her bully me into seeing my children. She is good with them but mentally I feel she is very unstable. She had her children (my husband and his brother) taken away when they were younger because the court found she couldn't take care of them properly. I am at a loss for words and am drained from this woman. What can I do, what are my rights and how can I keep my children from being in this situation. Any and all advice would be great