Ex and I split in April. He's known his partner since March and is now living with her. We have 21 month child who lives with me. Ex requested to have access every other weekend (but happy with no overnights - DC is breastfeeding still) plus visits one evening a week.
Just this week - prompted by my request to agree child support payments - he's said he wants shared custody. I strongly suspect his partner is the one pushing for this as she wants to play happy families with her new man. He is reasonable when he talks to me in person and agrees current arrangement suits our baby. However when we try to sort things by email it's obvious she is pulling the strings.
I'm so stressed about this. Can't eat, sleep or turn off from thinking about it. She's a mum, she must know it would rip out my heart to only see my baby half of the week. Unless she's just doing it so I back off about finances - it's worked.
I feel like this will be a fear throughout my baby's childhood. Constant worry that he'll be taken away.
Would mediation help do you think?
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Ex's new partner pushing custody
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Hubnut · 28/06/2016 01:42
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