Please tell Me the Odds in Custody

Short but complete..
husband left in july..filed for divorce & custody of 2 kids (11 & 12) he gave up on custody issue in lieu of paying less child support. I retained temp custody and just found out at pretrial that he is still wanting full custody. He has an aunt with lots of money. He lives at parents home, has just now started to see the kids last 2 weeks and now is even going to parents conference at school which he has never done before.
I am having to work two jobs just to support me and the kids, and was advised to lose my night job (3-10) because I am not home with kids enough, so now even less money to raise them on let alone fight custody. Kids do not want to live their Dad..he was always detached from us as a family. I am losing my mind here! Please advise me ANYONE if I stand a chance to win? We are having a guardian ad leitum involved soon. Do they really see the whole picture as it has been or only has he wants it to look now?
Thank you

[LegalBeagle]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by meredith:
[b]Short but complete..
husband left in july..filed for divorce & custody of 2 kids (11 & 12) he gave up on custody issue in lieu of paying less child support. I retained temp custody and just found out at pretrial that he is still wanting full custody. He has an aunt with lots of money. He lives at parents home, has just now started to see the kids last 2 weeks and now is even going to parents conference at school which he has never done before.
I am having to work two jobs just to support me and the kids, and was advised to lose my night job (3-10) because I am not home with kids enough, so now even less money to raise them on let alone fight custody. Kids do not want to live their Dad..he was always detached from us as a family. I am losing my mind here! Please advise me ANYONE if I stand a chance to win? We are having a guardian ad leitum involved soon. Do they really see the whole picture as it has been or only has he wants it to look now?
Thank you[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You have a good chance of winning custody.. I suggest you document everything.. ie, that he never went to school functions. did not children for x time.. was away x days out of x etc..

If you do not have an attorney, get one. Also forget about lower CS.. your children need the money.