X demands full custody...I'm engaged, Pt 3: Court?

[sleeper]

I miss my kids. So far I have avoided unpleasantries to protect my children from the experience. Another session with C (the adults) is scheduled for Monday.

I am not happy about the little contact I have had with my children over the past month. I saw both of them them yesterday but DD hasn't stayed overnight with me for a month, DS has been with me only two nights.

I feel I must weigh the potential emotional damage of court proceedings against any possibly benefit to the welfare of my children. I miss them. They tell me they miss me. What degree of that is the unavoidable product of divorce and divided custody and what is the result of recent changes in physical custody? What is best for them?