Made an appt. with an L for Monday afternoon—initial consultation. Gonna bring the parenting plan doc—the thought that has occurred to me recently, especially with W wanting to get our new living arrangements started around March is: hey, why should I accept living in my current place half-time without the S / D anywhere close to being final yet?
What is the parenting plan she gave you? Is this the nesting thing you mentioned before? If so, I thought that was a definite "no" from you?
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This document is not legally binding—not been filed with a court, so what’s her rush? Why should I give up my claim to being here full-time any sooner than I absolutely need to if she is the one who wants out?
Well, if she leaves then you've got to work something out whether it's "legally binding" or not. Here in TX there is no legal "separation", only D. So when my ex left we had to work out between ourselves what the kid visitation would be and financial support. In our case it was a 50-50 visitation and since I was staying in the house we agreed that mine would be the "primary residence" on the school paperwork. The only financial split was regarding the kids' health insurance, since my ex was carrying it I agreed to pay her half of that cost monthly. If I remember right I think we did draft up a document for this just so we would both have a record of it. We carried the same agreement over into the D, but of course had to also work out splitting the equity in the house and dividing up other assets.
