For all those who want to short story it goes like this. W had an EA, I started to DB, and now we are getting D.
Mike,
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Have you been keeping everything separate? Have you and W separated paying for household things, or is she only paying for her car?
She is paying for her car, her cell, her incidentals, and her costs when she has our girls. I am paying for everything else. This saves me over $500 a month so I am not going to complain.
Would you or anyone else have an example parenting plan that I could use so I can draft one for myself. I know my L and her L will finalize it but I want to make sure it is detailed as can be and I am not getting screwed.
My W is really pushing to get all this settled over the dinner table and not by a judge and lawyers. It also sounds like she wants joint custody with a parenting plan, no declaring primary residence. This way we both have the same rights to our kids. In the end she will have our girls more often then I because of my schedule vs hers. There is not much I can do about that without switching careers.
I also have to go around the house and determine what I want vs what she wants. I really do not think we will have much of a problem in this area, could be wrong.
She mentioned August 5th again and that her L thought our D could be over by then if we can come to a fair agreement/settlement. How do you prolong this if she is going to be fair and reasonable?
I also need to get our house appraised so I can determine how much I need to buy her out. Only in this sitch do I wish that my house is not worth that much. When built our house I acted as the general contractor, we have a lot of equity in it from all the work that I put in.
