nsw: you have rights, my friend. the fact that you've been served doesn't mean she's going to get what she's praying for.
city girl is absolutely right. it's time for you (me too) to stand up and take control of ourselves for the benefit of our kids.
my kids are 13.5 and 15. yours is 3. that makes your position even more important than mine (my kids are already clued in to the fact that their mom has some problems).
seriously, this child needs you in the years to come to serve as a stable, rational provider and role-model. she needs to see you as often as possible. she needs your love. she doesn't need you dropping the ball and ending up with one weekend a month.
her mother has too many issues for you to concern yourself with. let her new middle-age pimp daddy pay for her psychoanalysis and kiss her ass. your primary concern right now is your little girl and you start taking care of her by looking after yourself properly.
as for the new boyfriend, my guess is that your wife's antics will grow tiresome to him in a very short time, and she'll be back on your porch crying anyhow. she's just an object to him, get it? from what i read, he doesn't have too much in the way of genuine feelings for her. let it go. it'll work itself out, or it won't. either way it ain't your problem any more.
peace m8
M:40 W:40 2 teenagers ILYBNILWY: 09 January 2010 soon to be walking away my situation