Sickening in his part. Remind him he fired you as his W and has no say in such things, kids or no kids.

I would suggest waiting until the D is finalized to actually start dating to avoid complications. My guess is your H was controlling during the MR (I've not read your whole sitch) so is continuing that even into D.

M(53), W(54),D(19)
M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017
Ring and Piecing since March 2018