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When our lawyer was on vacation last week the judge reacted to our letter. I hadn't expected it to be so soon. My uncle doesn't get a chance to react to the allegations and observations that were made in the letter. We were afraid he would be allowed to. And that the judge will make his decision on September 13. My uncle and father don't have to go in person, like our lawyer thought might be wanted.
On the one hand I'm relieved that after four years of stress and three and a half years of legal battle an important decision will be made. On the other hand the decision might not be in our advantage, though we can always appeal. And, of course, if it is in our favour my uncle can appeal. Though earlier this year this judge ruled that everyone has to pay for their own legal cost, my uncle is still resisting and trying to have my grandmother's estate pay for his lawyer.
Mind you, that the court says a ruling will be made on September 13 doesn't mean it will. It has happened several times before that a ruling was delayed. One kept being delayed for over six months before a decision was finally made.
One positive outcome is that I can finally book my trip to the UK now that my father doesn't have to go to court.
However, the next three weeks, if not longer, will be tense. Just the thought of that exhausts me.
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