My ex-wife DORA HEISEY has proven to be of a litigious (one who is prone to engage in lawsuits) nature. The following information highlights the lawsuits she has filed, in my opinion, to pursue of her goal to minimize or eliminate my relationship with my son, or, more accurately, eliminate or minimize my son’s relationship with his dad. I have had litigation or lawsuits to contend with from my ex-wife every year since 1999 except in 2003. In a 6 year period (1999 to 2005) my ex-wife DORA HEISEY filed 3 lawsuits plus 1 litigation attempt to take our son & move away to Georgia where her husband lives. For the record, I have NEVER filed a lawsuit against my ex-wife.

My son deserves BOTH parents. Any effort to undermine this should be deemed shameful and should be discouraged by our legal system, attorneys and judges.

Unfortunately, the lawyers & judges (who were lawyers before becoming judges) make a living from the litigious types such as my ex-wife and at the expense of my son, our children and our families, so discouraging such actions would undermine a large source of their income.

LAWSUIT # 1
APRIL 1999 – My wife DORA HEISEY files for divorce. YES, a divorce is a lawsuit. Very few people recognize this fact. There is a Plaintiff and Defendant. My ex-wife was the Plaintiff. I was the Defendant. This lawsuit was resolved in September 2000. JOINT PHYSICAL and JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY of our 3 year old son is agreed upon by both my ex-wife and I. 

LAWSUIT # 2
NOVEMBER 2001 – Approximately one year after first lawsuit, my ex-wife DORA HEISEY files lawsuit seeking full custody of our 4 year old son. This lawsuit is resolved during deposition when she has zero evidence to prove the allegations she filed in court. There is no action taken toward my ex-wife DORA HEISEY to hold her accountable for the statements she made under oath that proved to be without merit (in plain talk, all lies). End result from this lawsuit is JOINT PHYSICAL and JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY is agreed upon again. 

LITIGATION ATTEMPT TO TAKE SON AND MOVE AWAY TO GEORGIA
JUNE 2004 – my ex-wife DORA HEISEY sends certified letter to me stating her intentions to move to Woodbury, Georgia and take our son with her, therefore, changing custody agreement to her favor and relegating me to standard custody guidelines. Those unfamiliar with these standard custody guidelines should realize this would all but eliminate my son’s time with his dad. Moving 5 hours away would make it near impossible to spend adequate time with son over the 1^st or 3^rd weekends of each month. This would require over 20 hours of drive time within a 48 hour period. In response, I sent a certified letter stating that if my ex-wife needed to move due to her personal or professional decisions I would gladly accept full custody of our son in order to prevent his life from being uprooted from the only world he has known. No further action was taken by my ex-wife to pursue her desire to move to be with her husband in Georgia. 

LAWSUIT # 3
OCTOBER 2005 – my ex-wife files lawsuit seeking full custody based on her testimony that my fire department schedule was her primary problem. See the following excerpt from March 6, 2006 trial transcripts:

22      Q.(Question from my attorney to my ex-wife Dora Heisey)   Well, isn't it a fact that you've told me at
23  deposition and I believe you told us here this morning
24  that the primary reason you brought this lawsuit is
25  because of the schedule at the fire department?
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1      A.(Answer by ex-wife DORA HEISEY)   That is the primary reason, yes. 

2 years later, after JUDGE LITTLE has changed his rulings 3 different times, this lawsuit is still underway. I am currently appealing to the Montgomery Court of Civil Appeals the last motion that JUDGE LITTLE denied to correct his ‘inadvertent’ mistake in October 2006.

See JUDGE LITTLE’S RULINGS for more details on the contradictory rulings by JUDGE LITTLE.