Drew, my W has said she wants to settle everything without Ls. The problem is, she will not negotiate on anything with our kids, she is dictating terms and that's it. I definitely don't want to use Ls either but she has to be willing to work with me and not just dictate to me how things will be.
I'm not sure I have mentioned this for a while but when it comes to the financial matters I have no problem with what she's asking for so there's no need to go back and forth on that. I want to go along with those issues for sure to try to be supportive of what she's saying but if I do then I am losing the leverage I do have since she wants money to buy a new house asap.
I'm sure my W will come unglued, more than she already is, when she is served. Again, it's the last thing I want to do but if I don't then I stand a good chance to effectively lose my kids.
The other point that I didn't mention is that my W and I have full custody of our kids right now. She has no right to do what she's been doing by denying me access to them. I could legally bring them back home, enroll them in their schools again, etc. The problem with that is she would then likely file an order to have them brought back to her and we would then be engaged in a tug of war with the kids. That would be awful for them so I won't do that.
Me-40,W-37 D7, D5, S3 Separated Oct 3/2013 T 11 YRS M 7 YRS