Allen - As soon as I posted this, I had second thoughts. My gut tells me not to go home yet. I don't have to report to work again until the end of August. But, I'm a tad bit worried about the legal repurcussions of being gone too long with my daughter. If I refuse to give him access to my daughter, is it a) bad for me in a divorce proceeding; and b) bad for her in that she loses her dad?
We are in a no fault divorce state, so if we do divorce, he will likely get access to her. My first choice would be to move out of area, but my guess is that the "best interest of the child" rule would prevent me from doing so. My mom's current H had an ex-wife who cheated on him - courts treated it as any other divorce and he actually got the short end of the stick. He pays child support through the nose and she gets the kids the majority of the time. I haven't consulted a lawyer yet, but my sense is that if I block his access to her that I will put myself in a compromising position and that I won't actually be replicating a divorce-like scenario.
