Who Should My Child Speak with to Have a Voice in the Courtroom

Thanks Missy and Pandy,
I really do like to hear the facts and not only what I want to hear. I paid a fortune to this lawyer and have no choice but to continue with his services as I don't have thousands anymore. He is the one who suggested I pay someone to have my little boy's thoughts documented. He also wants my older daughter to do a deposition as she can't appear in person. I am supposed to hire a lawyer here for that (since she lives here in Texas). Both of these things are going to cost money, money I have but don't want to dole out if isn't going to do any good, y'know?

I guess I don't understand why my lawyer keeps telling me we can do this when I have explicitly explained to him I don't think we can. I've told him I'm afraid if we focus only on custody, I'm going to wind up with even less than I have now and he refuses to believe I'll lose.

CP wants to cut more visitation from the little I already have, which my lawyer tells me will prove he doesn't care about fostering the parental bond. I see my son a week for Spring break, a week at Christmas and eight weeks during the Summer. He wants to take away Spring break and make Summer visitation six, instead of eight weeks. According to our court order now, I am to have our son: Thanksgiving break every other year, Memorial day weekend every other year, and Labor Day weekend every other year. None of these have ever occurred. CP says, since the distance between us (because of HIM) was now so great, he didn't have to let me see our child for just two or three days at a time, even though our order specifies that "If either parent moves more than 100 miles away, the visitation schedule does not change. Except for every other weekend visitation, the schedule is to remain the same."

Blowing sunshine up the butt is the #1 tool attorneys use to keep the client needlessly banging away with motion after motion, delay after delay, mountain of paper after mountain of paper, and bill for services after bill for services. The court will STILL make its determination on the facts of the case, and the facts of a case seeking to remove custody from one parent and give it to the other parent center on CHANGE. The rest is smoke and billable hours charged to a client who wants their wished for outcome SO bad that they're willing to pay, wait, negotiate, and tolerate to keep the dream alive, even if it actually flatlined long ago (or was flatlined before the attorney even took the case - kind of like touting how well one can perform CPR ... even with the best technique and endurance, it's kind of pointless if the patient is decapitated).

lol Aardvark! Actually, I paid this guy a set fee, believe it or not and he promised it wouldn't go beyond that. I got lucky in that respect.

Have you considered the possibility of moving to the state where ex is to be closer to where your child lives?

Pandora,
Indeed I have, however, my husband's job (he is a software consultant who travels often) requires him to be within an hour of a major airport. The nearest one from where my child lives is 2 and a half hours away.