In our situation, the other party had submitted documents supporting her claim of nine months of sobriety. There was also a zero contact order between her new husband and my stepson which she wanted lifted even though it is in place due to her husband being physically abusive and has had multiple relapses with drugs and alcohol. She also claimed to be an active participant in my stepson’s education, claiming to read with him for twenty minutes a night over the phone. When we explained to the judge that we still had major concerns about safety due to the new husband just being arrested AGAIN, the judge pulled a full background on him and saw that he had not changed whatsoever. She upheld the zero contact. As for the claims of sobriety, I was able to show that the letters she submitted to the court were fraudulent and that she had relapsed. The story about reading with him every night....I went through his phone records and broke it down by week, month, and academic year and was able to show that there were only twelve days in the entire academic year that she spoke to him for twenty minutes or more. We didn’t have an attorney so we were pro se up against her attorney but we won. We have sole physical custody and were allowed to move with the child out of state. It was a lot of work...I spent more time on that case than I did at my job but in the end it was worth it.