The short version

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The Trial went heavily in our favor. Yeah! Chris and the boys are wearing Molly out and they are all loving the new parenting plan. The financial burden is still big and has been the only thing keeping all of the new time expansion from being in place. The parental investigator is $1,500.00 every six months and the counseling is $140.00 per month. Chris and Molly have been able to handle the first two payments for the CM but, the counseling took six months to get going due to the money issues. I know they are extremely grateful for the help and support so far. This would not be happening with out it. Molly's work loaned them the second payment which they paid back a few weeks later. Thanks a tone! that saved the bonus summer time. We are trying to help raise money for the counseling and the case manager payment in September. Remember to spread the word.

My name is Hans Shaffer. I have been Chris' close friend since we were teenagers. Chris has not done the things that his ex has accused him of. I cannot understand why she continues to throw up false accusations, one after another, in an effort to keep him from seeing his children. Chris loves his boys dearly and wants nothing more than to spend time with them, to be the part of their lives that a father should be for his children. He is not trying to get them from Heidi and keep them from her, he just wants to be a father to his kids.

Continuing health issues from a broken neck he suffered in an auto accident several years ago keep Chris from being able to advance in his trade as a carpenter, yet if he starts another career field, and takes the resulting pay-cut to start over again at the bottom, the Washington State courts will still hold him accountable for the same amount of child support. Never mind that fact that the combined income of his ex and her husband exceeds $100k and he is in a constant struggle to make even the most humble of ends meet...now add to that the cost of an attorney and now the cost of a court-appointed investigation that can finally make things right.

I hope that you will take the time and give what you can to help. Chris is a good man doing his best in a dire situation.

Thank you,
Hans Shaffer

I can't believe it!

So, it seems that Heidi (Chris's ex wife) is able to get away with just about anything she wants. How the courts don't see her for what she is/does is completely beyond me!

Some background...I have know Chris and Molly for years. Chris and I grew up together, and I have know his family since I was 8 years old. Molly and I were friends when we were in high school. After now getting married and having our own families we ended up living in the same little town! It's a small world!

Anyway - it seems as if now that Heidi has accused Chris (falsely of course!) yet again, we have limited time to band togehter and raise almost 8,000 dollars for a court investigation. I can't believe that she gets away with the crap she does! Makes me wonder if she'll ever get more than a hand slap in this whole mess.

Chris is one of the greatest dads ever. his kids think he's the greatest and hate not being with him. All you have to do is see him with his kids and its clear where they belong. This investigation gives the boys a voice for the first time. So - if any of you out there feel like giving to a great cause - a great guy that LOVES and MISSES his kids, and is getting completly screwed by his ex - we're accepting any help we can get! Even if it's only a few bucks (everything helps!!)

~Jori

Whats going on

I started this blog to inform and updated people about what is going on in our efforts to have more time with our boys and to give people the opportunity to help us raise money in the fight for our family.

As most of you know Chris has been continually screwed over by his ex-wife for the last, almost, 12 years. She has done her best to burry him in paper work and a huge mountain of legal fees, not to mention the back child support debt caused by him being unable to work due to his broken neck. She knows that this is the only thing keeping us from kicking her butt. Those of you who see us on a regular basis know how much time and work we have done for our attorney and still are indebt to him.

Chris' work has been going better for the last few years which allowed us to make progress and last year we kicked her butt and won with a new parenting plan. That plan was written up and we were on our way to more time with the boys and had a great Christmas. Then the crap hit the fan again, just like is always seems to. Heidi accused Chris, again, of molesting the boys. She has tried this tactic in the past and Chris has been cleared every time. But she knows that all she has to do is make an allegation against him and it will take a lot of time and money to clear it up. So here we go round the mulberry bush again. (This bush is really getting old.)

The Commissioner decided that due to the nature of the allegations it would be better to be safe than sorry and the investigation would also allow us to once and for all prove that Heidi was using these tactics falsely. The court order stated that the mother volunteered to pay the fees up from to get the investigation going. So we were onboard and totally ready and willing for an investigator to come in. We called up the investigator and got her going. Then we found out that Heidi was refusing to pay for it. The investigator told us that this was pretty typical and that she had only agreed to make a showing for the court. So now we have to come up with $8,000.00. The good part of all of this is the investigator told us that in cases where the custodial party has made several false allegations she has recommended a change of custody.

We are hoping that if we can get all of our friends and family to throw a couple dollars into the hat we can come up with the money, get more time with our kids, and hopefully once and for all get past all this crap.