Navigating custody, handoffs, and co-parent communication.
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Our custody agreement is pretty standard but it doesn't say what happens if one parent wants to take the kids on a longer vacation during the other person's time. My ex wants to ta
Had my hours reduced at work and now my child support payment is going to be tough. My kids still need to eat and live at my place 5 days a week so my expenses didn't go down. Can
My ex and I argue about literally everything via text. I asked about switching one week because of a work thing and it turned into a whole thing about how I don't respect the sched
My daughter asked why she saw my girlfriend at Costco yesterday. I had her at the store but they didn't interact and I wasn't trying to hide her but now I'm wondering if I should h
This is driving me crazy. We have every other weekend Friday at 5pm in the custody agreement but she's been picking up at 4:15 on some weeks and 5:45 on others. When I mentioned it
Wanted to give a shout out to anyone still communicating with their ex through text and email. We switched to OurFamilyWizard last month because things were getting heated. Being a
My ex and I split custody 50/50 and it's going okay overall but we're butting heads on big stuff. Our son needs new cleats for soccer and she wants to get the expensive ones, I fou
My ex is seeing someone and he's staying over on her custody days when the kids are there. I don't know this guy and it bothers me that another man is around my kids when I'm not.
She uses the kids as leverage constantly. Texts me angry about child support, cancels my time last minute, makes snide comments about my parenting in front of the kids. Got a lawye
Been going back and forth with my ex for 14 months. Finally got 50/50 custody, alternating weeks starting next month. Lawyer said I did better than expected given the circumstances
Me and my ex finally agreed to a schedule that actually works instead of fighting about it constantly. Turns out when we stopped trying to "win" the negotiations and just focused o
Been dating my girlfriend for 3 months and she's already asking to come pick up my kids with me. I don't think it's the right time yet but she keeps saying I'm keeping her hidden a
Got 50/50 custody but I'm paying child support on top of it because my ex made less during the divorce. Now I'm maintaining two households, paying support, and picking up extra shi
My ex and I have been divorced 2 years and we have two kids. Every single text exchange about pickups or school stuff turns into an argument about something totally unrelated. Like
My ex literally doesn't answer texts about our kids' school activities until days later. There's a soccer signup that's happening NOW and she just responded at 11pm saying 'whateve
Been divorced 8 months now. We're doing 50/50 which sounds fair but I'm exhausted. One week on one week off and I feel like I'm never catching a rhythm. Every time I'm getting sett
She's consistently 30 minutes late to every exchange. Like not sometimes, every single time. I talked to my lawyer and apparently I can file for modification but I don't want to be
Just found out she took my son to Disney for a week while I'm paying $1400 a month support. I'm genuinely happy he got to go but also... that stings a bit. She got the house in the
My 7 year old asked me this last night after I picked him up. I tried to explain it wasn't about him and that we both love him but it's hard to explain divorce to a kid. He seemed
Divorce has been finalized for 8 months but every Friday pickup feels like I'm walking through a minefield. My ex wife is always pointing out something I did wrong or didn't do wit