LFH, Thanks for the info. My lawyer did relay some of this to me based on the info I gave her regarding my sitch. The problem w/ the 50/50 split in our case(my wife and I are both in the military)is that we will eventually be reassigned.
I sent my wife a reply to her email and told her that I would be contacting my lawyer tomorrow to pursue a contested divorce.
Not more than an hour later, she called and after talking with my daughter asked to speak with me. She told me "you win". I asked her how I won anything. She replied, that she had spoken w/ our daughter and that she would agree to the visitation arrangements that I proposed. She was crying when she did so. She went on further to say that she didn't want to pay child support but that she would provide for our daughter? I asked her why she thought she didn't have to pay CS? She broke down this time and said that she couldn't afford to pay the amount that she was paying before as she would not be able to afford her bills if she paid that much.
WOW. I didn't know what to say. I told her I would speak with my lawyer concerning the matter. She said, you still intend to go through a lawyer? I said, of course, why? She said, if you go through a lawyer, then I will too. I replied, ok, that's your right. She then went on to indicate that if I pursued our divorce through a lawyer then she would seek custody of our daughter? We went round and round for a few and then she finally said she wouldn't seek custody but didn't want to get screwed in the divorce. Ok, I told her I'd be in touch and hung up.
I haven't been this emotionally drained in a few months...
M-41 ex-W-40 Together--17 years SS-20 D-14 Bomb--2 Feb 09 WAW--6 Feb 09 Officially divorced on 2 Jun 2010!!! ex-W has a boyfriend 8 Jun 2010!!! Off we go into the wild blue yonder!!!!