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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Divorce judges decide custody based on this #1 factor - how much money the lawyers can extort and the Title IV-D payments which also flow to the courts and county attorney.[/quote]

OP, who has more money? How is she paying for a lawyer if she doesn’t have an income? Does she qualify for legal aid? Family help? Pro bono services?

Absent abuse and DV and all things being equal the deeper pockets usually win.

There has to be more to the story here. It’s hard for me to believe someone would show up to court jobless for an extended amount of time, against an involved and present parent with a stable job that covers the child’s health insurance, when the status quo has been 50/50 and expect things to change or go in their favor. All over a few hours of time she feels she’s missing out on because you have your girlfriend pick up your child?

Even if she does get sole legal custody, that’s not going to give her any control over who you have babysit for a short window unless you also agree to have it in the order and it goes both ways. I don’t believe a judge would ever order that kind of micromanagement of parenting time against party’s wishes.

Even looking at the child support angle, she can’t just not work and have zero income. Her income is likely to be imputed as potential income based on her previous salary, or at minimum wage if nothing else. If she’s hoping to live off child support until she gets her business up and running, that’s not going to happen. If she really was making about the same as you before she lost her job, child support is going to be minimal.

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