So, we have a lawyer...he's awesome. He is super sharp and very aggressive. He has come up with ways to get through this victoriously that we hadn't even realized would be feasable. He did hook onto that whole "cult" feeling about her and her family and he is running with that as well as countless emails she has sent to Dakota. He is making it really obvious she is lying in pretty much every word of her motion to relocate. Apparently, her side hasn't even submitted *any* evidence. It doesn't help her that her attorney is a former DA who was ousted due to possession of marijuana. She doesn't know that, and we won't clue her in on it, either.
Anyway, the real test will be with the judge. We'll see how it goes!
Kids seem to be doing okay. We are still getting comments from bf's daughter about what her mother's family says about her dad...we never ask her about it...she just tells us, because she gets confused about it. Bf's son hates when he has to go back to his mom's and throws a fit when we have to take him back. Hopefully the court will figure out what is really going on here.