"For love nor money"

Or, "Welcome to Stupidsville!"

Today I went to a counselor to determine what it is that makes me evil. Or, at the very least, non-supportive of the relationship between my son and my ex. We're also supposed to work on how to fix it so that I appear
to be the nicest guy in the world.
I give the scoop about what happened in court to my counselor. She's a woman with something like 32 years of experience dealing with this crap, and her response? "They're setting you up for alienation. If they can prove it,
you'll be in a world of hurt. Son won't be happy, either. And, it's a catch-22. If you're too involved in that relationship, that's bad. If you're not involved enough... you aren't supporting it."
"What's the answer?"
(Heavy sigh) "Spend alot of money. The first step is to offer to do some transportation, see how she responds. If she responds favorably, document everything. If she lies in court, prove it."
She leans back and reads a passage about alienation of a parent. I hate to admit it, but some of that stuff is happening. We don't want it near our other kids, so we don't allow the creature on
our property. That's a no-no. We can still keep our kids away, but we have to be more subtle about it.
The bad thing is, what with doctors, lawyers, mortgage, etc..., we aren't in good shape to take on biweekly trips to Colorado Springs. We have to, to keep Ultrason, but we can't because we lack money.

2 weeks hence, my wife stops getting paid.

This situation is rapidly turning ugly. Not just sort of ugly, but real ugly.

Ugly as sin.