tuesday is the final hearing in the 'parenting case' between my BD and i. he needs anger management and drug/alcohol help before my daughter will be safe spending time alone with him. DD is 18 months old and this process has been going on for over a year now. he just keeps fighting me on the whole thing, and apparently as a mother i don't have the right to keep my daughter from people i feel could be harmful to her. has anyone been through this lameness before? i can't wait until it's over, but i know that there will probably be more problems down the road. BD is one of the most irresponsible, tempermental, difficult people in the world to deal with. how did i ever think he would be a good partner/father/co-parent, ANYTHING?? i guess i made the same mistake so many of us do- i was foolish enough to tell myself "he's going to change when the baby comes. it's all going to get better." obviously it didn't get better- thank god i kicked him out when DD was 7 weeks old! it was terrifying but she and i are sooo happy on our own. i just hope that after tuesday's hearing i can stop worrying about some of this stuff.