Chapter 19 - MY MARRIAGE ENDS BEFORE THE BABY ARRIVES
I filed for divorce at thirty-four weeks pregnant.
People said:
"Wait until after birth."
Why?
Sleep deprivation does not improve clarity.
The filing did not mean every issue resolved before delivery.
It meant the marriage was legally on a path.
Prenup:
My premarital assets mine.
Preston’s company interests his.
Joint home equity divided under formula.
No automatic punitive transfer because of misconduct.
Temporary support not significant because I had income and assets.
House possession to Preston temporarily.
I kept the condo.
Then paternity and future parenting.
No court erased him.
We needed a plan.
Because of the domestic incident and financial deception, my attorney requested professionally supervised contact initially after birth until risk assessment.
Preston’s attorney requested ordinary parenting time after neonatal recovery.
The judge did not decide newborn overnights before the baby existed.
Good.
Temporary framework:
Preston receives notice after birth.
Medical privacy remains mine.
Any hospital visit only by my invitation.
Post-discharge contact initially supervised by agreed professional or family-center provider, subject to further review.
No Dorinda contact with baby.
Not forever.
Initial safety.
I cried after the hearing.
Not because I wanted Preston back.
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Because our son would enter a family already using court calendars.
That grief did not mean the filing was wrong.
