It’s been going on 8 years that we have been trying to fight for more custody of our stepson. His mom is a manipulative person. She lies all the time. She was able to get away with her lies, saying she is a stay at home mom. Unfortunately my husband has to work in order to provide for our family. It’s not an option for him to be a stay at home dad or work part-time. I work as well, but in today’s economy, it’s impossible. Anyways, she is married. She brainwashed my stepson into believing her husband is his dad. My husband has always been there. He’s been fighting spending thousands of dollars to get more time with his son, but we live 30 minutes away from them. Which the judge thinks is a long drive during school for him. He is 11 now. I completely get that, but we can’t move. We spent so much money trying to fight for custody it’s out of the picture. Anyways, his mom, her husband, has a daughter from another woman. She used to live with them and then she just disappeared. My stepson told us that his mom and her didn’t get along, so she sent her to her grandparents. We knew that there was something going on as she just up and left. Fast forward a couple of years, and now his family (my stepsons stepdads family) has reached out to us. They are taking them to court to get custody and child support as she has been under their care for the past 6 years. They expressed how sorry they were for us. How they feel so horrible that they are doing all they can to keep our stepson out of our lives. They explained that they sent her to her grandparents because they couldn’t handle her. They explained how my stepsons mom verbally abused her and told her that if she leaves, she’s never aloud back. She has no contact with her dad. She’s no longer allowed to see my stepson and their other sister. So they have reached out to talk about things and hear our side of the story and theirs. Also in hope to reunite my stepson with his half-sister. We have so many mixed emotions about this. When reading her message of sympathy to us on how they feel so sorry for us, I had tears in my eyes. There is two sides to every story. I’ve never met a man who has fought so hard for his own child. We have 3 other kiddos of our own, and they are affected by this as well. Do you hear them out, or do you not get involved?Approve