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Sharing custody?

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Poppygirl96 · 13/04/2020 16:04

Me and my ex have recently split and we have a 5 month old son. Currently we are doing it where he gets our son 3 days a week and I get our son 4 days a week. But it is breaking my heart having to go without seeing our son for days. As he is so small I don’t think it’s a good idea to be constantly driving him up and down the country (me and my ex live 1hr 30 mins apart) and because of covid I also think it puts my son at risk.

My ex is a really good hands on dad and pays his fair share and wants to keep it like this. I don’t want to take him to court and lose our co parenting relationship or make things awkward. But if I did what is the likely hood of me getting primary custody?

As I don’t want to go through court just to lose to my ex or have 50/50 especially as our son is so small and I did mostly everything for him as the resident carer even before me and my ex split. Now my ex is suddenly acting more hands on and I don’t want things to be awkward between us.

What do I do? And if I don’t take him to court and just accept him keeping 3 day’s a week with my son how do I handle the separation from my son. :(

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Selfsettling3 · 13/04/2020 16:26

Long terms this isn’t going to work when he he starts nursery or school.

SomeoneElseEntirelyNow · 13/04/2020 18:36

Unfortunately this may just need to be something you come to terms with, I'm sure your ex is also miserable without the baby! Its not fair to deny your child time with dad just because it upsets you. Would it be possible for you to move closer so you can pop in for an hour on "his" days? That's what my divorced friends do with their 6m DD.

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