Any advice/info for my BIL? (possible custody battle / what he's entitled to as single parent)

[looneytune]

Some of you may possibly have seen my thread on the relationships section about my silly sister leaving her dh and kids.

Well, I've advised my sister to leave the children with their dad rather than move them to a whole new area where they know nothing and nobody. I'm hoping that she has now changed her mind about fighting for custody but IF she tries to persue it, has anyone got any advice or anything for my BIL? Will the courts go against him because he'd be working and using a childminder (probably) after school? Is there anything he can do to make things look better for him? Would the fact that the WHOLE of my family (my sisters obviously) are on the fathers side help?

Also, ANY info about what single working parents are entitled to would be great.

The children are 8 and 5.

That's it really, many thanks

Just in case anyone has read the previous thread and think I'm a total cow for not supporting my sister, please see my comments on this thread and you will see that's not the case.

Thanks

how many threads do you have running on the same issue LT? - it's very hard to keep track of the active one...

Just the one thread about the whole situation. This latest thread was actually just to get advice and I put it in relationships, legal/money & lone parents as I didn't know which place was the best for this sort of advice. It's just the one on lone parents turned a bit yesterday, that's all.