What is the name of your state? PA
My husband has had 50/50 legal and physical custody of his kids for the past two years. His ex filed for more support due to her mental health and was awarded 100% of the monthly support amount without my husband getting the consideration of having them 1/2 the time. Around the same time she filed for full custody. The reason she gave at the first mediation was it just didn't work for her any more and that the kids were involved in too many extra curriculars that they forgot stuff going back and forth. The only time anything was forgotten was when they were coming back from her house. She has now told my husband that she will drag this out as long as she can as far as the custody goes. He told her she would only be hurting the kids and her reply was she didn't care. My question is this: Is there any way he can stop her from dragging this out over an extended period of time without making himself look like the bad guy? It is obvious she is not going to compromise on anything. He was really hoping since she got the support amount as if she had them all the time she would let the custody thing go - but as he is now unable to afford to pay for most of the extra's (as she now gets that money in the form of support) she want's to take the kids. If he would go to the next mediation which is in a few weeks and it looks like there will be no compromise can her request it go to a judge next instead of the next level of mediation? Any insight would be helpful.
My husband has had 50/50 legal and physical custody of his kids for the past two years. His ex filed for more support due to her mental health and was awarded 100% of the monthly support amount without my husband getting the consideration of having them 1/2 the time. Around the same time she filed for full custody. The reason she gave at the first mediation was it just didn't work for her any more and that the kids were involved in too many extra curriculars that they forgot stuff going back and forth. The only time anything was forgotten was when they were coming back from her house. She has now told my husband that she will drag this out as long as she can as far as the custody goes. He told her she would only be hurting the kids and her reply was she didn't care. My question is this: Is there any way he can stop her from dragging this out over an extended period of time without making himself look like the bad guy? It is obvious she is not going to compromise on anything. He was really hoping since she got the support amount as if she had them all the time she would let the custody thing go - but as he is now unable to afford to pay for most of the extra's (as she now gets that money in the form of support) she want's to take the kids. If he would go to the next mediation which is in a few weeks and it looks like there will be no compromise can her request it go to a judge next instead of the next level of mediation? Any insight would be helpful.