I tried to be fair but I will not be trampled over either.
Oh yeah Merry Xmas everyone.
I got home after work last night to find an empty house. My wife had taken our daughter and was intending on spending the holidays at her parents house after we had agreed let our daughter open her gifts on Xmas eve (at our house) since I would be working Christmas. I called and made her bring her home to comply with our original agreement. She did; then she went out all night (by herself) after she agreed to take me to work in the morning and watch our daughter. She hung up the phone on me when I tried to ask her about coming home and would not answer the phone nor tell me where she was at/going. Apparently she had gotten to drunk last night to remember to wake up on time. I ended up having to call my in laws to come by and give me a ride to work as well as watch our daughter so that I wouldn’t have to miss.
Can this help me in my case for custody of my daughter and assets?
I will now file for full custody of our daughter. I will not be aiding her in what we had originally discussed. I will attempt to get the house (since she cannot pay it) and the car (same reason). I will not be lenient with her or sympathetic to her “needs” as we are NOT together and I do NOT have to put up with that type of behavior. I am not her babysitter so that she can go out and goof off. I spoke to her this morning and she said it was an accident (oversleeping) and that she just wanted to go out one last time before she had to go out and get a job. I get the feeling she wants me to just beg for her to come back because her whole reasoning for acting the way she did was because we are not a together anymore, and that if I wanted her to act different we would have to be together. That is not an option anymore.
Is there a general ball park of how much a lawyer would cost? I do not want to spend more than I have to.
How long does the average divorce take?
Once again thank you all for your advice and information. I really do appreciate it.