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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your child's rights are important. If he didn't abuse the child, he is going to get shared custody. You can spend another $15K, but that isn't going to change. What do you have to gain from continuing a contentious court battle?

Get a divorce so he isn't entitled to half your earnings and assets from here out. If he's unemployed, then that's what could happen. He will never, ever follow through on his financial promises. Find a plan B that doesn't involve him.

I understand he was abusive, but I've seen this play out enough times to know how that affects divorce and custody cases. There was even a woman with 2 kids, who was married to an abusive narcissist that stole $60K from her. She didn't get that money back, and he got 50% custody. I even testified about abuse I witnessed.  [/quote]

NP here. If he didn't abuse the child, but the child witnessed abuse, would that curtail his custody?[/quote]

The abuse has to be proven, which is typically very difficult. Most parents wouldn't put their child on the stand to be a witness against the other parent for something relatively minor. Anything major should have accompanying medical records.

The best interest of the child is the standard. The child has a right to have a relationship with both parents, even if one or both of those parents is an awful spouse. Fighting every step of the way is detrimental. It looks like someone is using the child as a pawn to upset the other one. OP's husband may very well be doing all of this legal BS as a way of controlling her. It sounds like she is spending everything she has left to play his f*cked up game.

Willingness to coparent without contention is considered in custody cases too. Cooperatively moving forward is best for the child. [/quote]

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