My ex started smiling again.
Then the judge read the clause aloud.
The $500,000 wasn't a payment for surrendering custody.
It was a non-refundable settlement conditioned on him receiving sole legal and physical custody while accepting full financial responsibility for the child- including future medical, educational, and extraordinary expenses.
My ex laughed when I accepted $500,000 to give up custody. He stopped laughing when the judge reached page 14 and realized who had really trapped whom..
Tomorrow I’m going to get my hair done and I’m gonna shop. I’m gone buy myself like 100k worth of stuff! Whatever I want I’m just gone buy it. Then I’m gone get cute, go to papi steak and eat 2 orders of tiger prawns and 2 lemon drops. Go home, take a bubble bath and get cozy in my bed.