Not that PP but have you read all of her threads? Holes that could eat galaxies. If not, keep reading, it'll become more clear to you. |
At this point i doubt they will ever know their parents are divorced |
What's the hurry? They will find out when things are stable. |
I should have said that he will be paying us more than he has to. Our divorce paperwork is written up with the child support amount and custody arrangement. My husband has signed but we are in the 6 month waiting period required in our state when children are involved. All that we have to do now is show up on our court date. We have agreed to everything so very straight forward divorce on our side. I am assuming DNA will come back as his kid, as is he, as is the mother of the child along with the legal father. I have seen what my husbands lawyer will ask for if he pays child support and is deemed the legal father. It is his lawyer, I don't need permission from his lawyer to see their communications. When DNA confirms, he wants 50/50 legal and 30/70 physical. Why is this so hard to believe? I agree with the above poster that he will not likely get it. I am hoping the judge will see that the legal parents are looking for money and puts the child's best interest in the forefront. DNA when this all first happened would not have been in my kids best interest. If it showed to be his kid two years ago, he would have been paying her 1800 a month for the last two years. My kids got that 1800 a month the last two years. They are now two years older and hopefully better able to understand the situation. I am quite confident this is his biological child. I would have insisted on DNA a long time ago if I had any doubt. |
Yeah finding out your parents are divorcing THE DAY it's finalized and dad moves out is super stable. |
Did OP say she is telling them the DAY it is finalized or did she say she was getting herself stable, getting her finances in order and creating a support group. It was the latter. She sounds very impressive to keep her emotions in check and get things in order instead of putting the kids through the emotional state of divorce and affair out of emotion. She has come to terms with the affair and can help her children from a stable place. |
I've read on this thread what people consider to be holes. It's just very basic, easy to understand stuff (for most people)...what the situation is now vs. what the situation will be going forward, after the OP's divorce is finalized, and after this other case is settled. What this woman wants the arrangement to be vs. what the arrangement is now/has been. It seems like some people just can't manage to wrap their heads around that. |
OP here. Things are a hell of a lot more stable than two years ago. We plan on telling them before school starts back up. I am off with them in the summer so they will have time to adjust. Both kids are at camp this week so knowing my daughter, we decided to wait until after they got home. I know my kids better than you and what I think they can handle and is best for them is always my first priority. Going to a counseling appointment today to get some direction from a psychologist on how to best tell them. Trust me, I am trying my hardest to not F#%k them up. Maybe I will be successful, maybe I won't. At least I am trying. |
OP here - Thank You!!!! |
| OP, you husband can ask for anything he wants but in less he agrees it is up to a judge and often judges are very random depending on their mood. I highly doubt they will give him that much visitation off the bat with no contact and him refusing child support or a paternity test. |
| OP, if you work too, and you're so concerned about your kids having to spend time in a dumpy condo he shares with his mom, why did you negotiate for more child support than he is required to pay? |
I'm now really curious how the judge will decide this case. |
He hasn't moved into the condo and is still living at the house. Makes no sense for him not to move over the summer and get settled vs. have it a s big shock for the kids during the middle of the school year. She took more child support to block the other mom/child from getting it. $1800 for two kids is not a high earner amount, especially if she is leaving him broke enough where he cannot get a 1-2 bedroom apartment. |
Its really crummy not to do a paternity test and have dad pay at least a few hundred a month in child support. Do your really think a judge is going to be pleased with him saying it is my kid but I have no contact and not paying child support but mom would let me see the 2 year old supervised if I wanted to? And, he will just instantly get 50/50 legal and 30/70 custody (why not go for 50/50 as most real fathers would)? |
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