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Anonymous wrote:So you want to blackmail your husband in order to prevent the court from ordering what's best for your children, which in most cases is joint custody?

Hopefully he has enough balls to fight back.

I will allow liberal visitation in exchange for sole legal custody. He has routinely brought my children into another woman's house so that "siblings could have a relationship", unbeknownst to me. This means he has placed the children into an unhealthy moral environment, allowing them to witness his adulterous behavior, and making them keep a secret from their mother. I don't think this will endear him to the judge...

The judge will not care.

You think a father who makes a six-year old lie to cover for him could possibly be a good parent? A benevolent influence?

It doesn't matter what I think. I know how judges think both from working in the legal field and from my own experience. Unless your DH was snorting coke off her naked body in front of the kids, it won't make much difference to a family court judge.

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Anonymous wrote:You won't get sole. I've seen guys abusive to their wife and kids get 50/50 in FxCo. You'll need to prove he is more harm than good to his children. Proof of adultery is not going to meet that burden.

As an aside, it sounds like you're blackmailing him and using your children as pawns. Step back and think about what's best for your children.

Actually I'm not; I am committed to making sure he spends as much time as possible with the children. As for what is best for my children, it's a) financial security, and b) having a sane parent be in control of decisions that shape their life.

He's not sane?! As long as you can prove that, you may get something closer to sole. I'd guess you're not willing to go all out on that.

Even if he signs the papers, it has to be approved by a judge. You can't write a contract to cover custody agreements.

You can certainly put custody arrangements in a divorce or separation agreement. If the parties agree before bringing it to the judge, no judge is going to against that.

They absolutely will change it. I suspect one mention of blackmail and he OP will lose any chance of sole legal. What she's doing is illegal, and morally wrong.

Anonymous wrote:One of the PPs here.

Anyone reading this thread should know that infidelity does not change your spouse's relationship with the child. You decided to have children with their person. That's a commitment you have to follow through on if the other parent isn't a danger to their chil(den). I understand you're angry. I understand you think you're owed something for being wronged in such a way. In 10 years, you'll wonder why you ever thought such bs. No one owes you anything. The courts don't care about your hurt feelings.

Make a plan to parent together that benefits your children. Your spouse is just as much their parent as you. When you separate, it's time to be mature. The parents who did this years ago see it more clearly after the anger wears off. You have to parent together for the rest of your lives. It's time to put your feelings aside and move forward.

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Anonymous wrote:You won't get sole. I've seen guys abusive to their wife and kids get 50/50 in FxCo. You'll need to prove he is more harm than good to his children. Proof of adultery is not going to meet that burden.

As an aside, it sounds like you're blackmailing him and using your children as pawns. Step back and think about what's best for your children.

Actually I'm not; I am committed to making sure he spends as much time as possible with the children. As for what is best for my children, it's a) financial security, and b) having a sane parent be in control of decisions that shape their life.

He's not sane?! As long as you can prove that, you may get something closer to sole. I'd guess you're not willing to go all out on that.

Even if he signs the papers, it has to be approved by a judge. You can't write a contract to cover custody agreements.

You can certainly put custody arrangements in a divorce or separation agreement. If the parties agree before bringing it to the judge, no judge is going to against that.

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Anonymous wrote:You won't get sole. I've seen guys abusive to their wife and kids get 50/50 in FxCo. You'll need to prove he is more harm than good to his children. Proof of adultery is not going to meet that burden.

As an aside, it sounds like you're blackmailing him and using your children as pawns. Step back and think about what's best for your children.

Actually I'm not; I am committed to making sure he spends as much time as possible with the children. As for what is best for my children, it's a) financial security, and b) having a sane parent be in control of decisions that shape their life.

He's not sane?! As long as you can prove that, you may get something closer to sole. I'd guess you're not willing to go all out on that.

Even if he signs the papers, it has to be approved by a judge. You can't write a contract to cover custody agreements.

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Anonymous wrote:You won't get sole. I've seen guys abusive to their wife and kids get 50/50 in FxCo. You'll need to prove he is more harm than good to his children. Proof of adultery is not going to meet that burden.

As an aside, it sounds like you're blackmailing him and using your children as pawns. Step back and think about what's best for your children.

Actually I'm not; I am committed to making sure he spends as much time as possible with the children. As for what is best for my children, it's a) financial security, and b) having a sane parent be in control of decisions that shape their life.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, destroy the reputation and career of your children's father in a vindictive manner. That's definitely in their best interest.

Honest question. In 2016, how does having a child outside your marriage permanently ruin a persons professional and personal reputation.? I mean, it's not uncommon. People don't expect it, but people are so jaded now that they just shrug and say, hmm. Ok

Anonymous wrote:My exSIL filed for divorce based on adultery to speed to process along. This was in Maryland, which I believe has a one year mandated separation period for no-fault divorce. She wanted it to happen faster. But I can't recall if she had to name the other woman.

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Anonymous wrote:Having a child outside of marriage is different than having a child as a result of infidelity. One is getting accepted, the other shows a serious lack of judgement and lack of respect for someone to whom you have pledged your love.

How is the average person who comes across the child going to know their origin? Are you going to brand them with a scarlet "A"?

Anonymous wrote:Having a child outside of marriage is different than having a child as a result of infidelity. One is getting accepted, the other shows a serious lack of judgement and lack of respect for someone to whom you have pledged your love.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, destroy the reputation and career of your children's father in a vindictive manner. That's definitely in their best interest.