My boss who has 40 years of gov't experience thinks I should be able to get a court date in the summer or early fall. If H wants to keep his R with the kids intact he won't stop paying me the peanuts he's paying me now. He could however stop doing anything extra and could go out of his way to be ugly. The last time H and I spoke I was still begging and trying to nice him back. I sent him an email in August and he ignored it. Couple weeks later he cancelled the lease via email and cc'd me on it. I went NC.
He offered to help me move (no), told me I could take whatever I wanted (I did), he paid my deposit and gave me the other one back. Again though control. He's in control and lets the kids think he's a great guy (he's not).