I'm glad to hear things are moving right along for you. It still sucks that it all happened. I can kind of relate to your story from an outsiders point of view. My roomates parents got divorced and his mom is almost the same way. She's a damn cynical bitch and I hate her. She's so fake it makes me sick. And its even worse that she lied and is still lying to her kids. His dad is a great guy. All he got out of the divorce was the matress and his tools out of the garage. I hope you came out better than that.
I have to disagree with you, girlie97gt, on being able to take her to the cleaners. My roomates dad had all sorts of proof of her cheating on him, including a P.I., there is nothing that can really be done. He didn't get shit as I mentioned.
Anyhow, best of luck to you Atomis. Keep us updated.