Thanks everyone, I really appreciate all the support. I am starting to think that I need to pull a 180 in this situation. If my instincts are telling me to not get a lawyer and just go along with what my W is asking for then perhaps the right thing to do is the opposite. Hey it worked for George on Seinfeld
The one question I keep having is if I tell my W I am willing to sell our house (something I am ok with) but that I can't go along with that until I know she will share time with the kids 50/50. I need to of course know where I will be living after the house sells. I intend to move to where she and the kids are so that sharing time with the kids equally will be possible.
By tying selling of the house to sharing the kids 50/50 I am giving her an option to going along with the shared custody as a means to resolving the financial matters she's wanting handled.
Me-40,W-37 D7, D5, S3 Separated Oct 3/2013 T 11 YRS M 7 YRS