Abuse of the System Part 4
Last posting on this subject is here. It’s a daisy-chain of links that you might want to follow backwards to the beginning first before you continue reading. I’ll have to mess with the links so that it displays chronologically – someday.
Apparently everyone knows the dirty little secret about the Protection From Abuse (PFA) order, and everyone seems to agree that there’s nothing that can be done about it. One retired attorney has said that the system is filled with injustices, and this is just one more.
As a conservative, I understand that; as a progressive that attitude drives me freakin’ nuts.
The sister-in-law remains sober. I’ve told her that if she can make it through this, she can make it through anything. I felt the same way after 9-11 early in my sobriety. I figured that if I could survive the pain and fear of that event sober, there was nothing that would drive me back to the bottle. So far, I have been right.
Her soon-to-be ex has had to find a new attorney, since his old one has been forced to resign amid a sex scandal. Keep in mind this is Wilmington Delaware, home of the Du Ponts – so scandal and secrets are old hat around here.
He has also completely cut off sis-in-law from any support whatsoever, and has filed for child support.
This from a man who earns $87,000 a year and who shacks up with his shiksa in front of the kinder.
But Girly-man has never been the brightest bulb in the pack, and sis-in-law’s attorney is confident that justice will prevail.
It may run its course, but the PFA will stay on the books to wreck another life – and that is plain wrong. The world is indeed filled with injustices, but it is also filled with people who fight them.
