Tigerlily - have you seen an attorney yet? Have you figured out what your rights are, and how much you might get in child support?
I had an informal discussion with a friend of a friend who is a lawyer. This state doesn't recognize Common Law Marriages formed after a certain year, so I won't have any protections or rights via that. My child support is likely to be about $580 a month, maybe a little more based on our son's therapy and medication needs. So in the current situation I am better off just letting him pay the mortgage and stuff if he is still willing to. (He keeps saying this is his intention). But then that feeling may change if I let him know he is no longer welcome to come and go as he pleases.
me-35 WAS-37 T-16 1/2 Son-14 (HF Aspergers) BD,ILYBINILWY,"I met my soulmate": Oct5,2013 "Letting go because I love him, holding on because I love him."