What are our options here?
My husband's ex-wife left him several years ago. She had a good job at the time. She has a college education. In the past 4 years, she has had 6 jobs and has moved 8 times. They have shared custody - equal time with child. She is required to live locally so as to keep the child in the same school. She gets child support but not the full 20%. She is required to pay 1/2 daycare, medical and dental but refuses. So, to keep the bills paid, we pay them, in addition to all of the extras (we are not complaining about paying for the child). Every few months, she threatens to go to court for more money. When she quits a job or loses a husband/boyfriend, she cries to us for more money. She often quits a job without having one in line and moves in with her parents. She has also since re-married and divorced. She has a problem (addiction) with prescription drugs and has recently been diagnosed as bi-polar. She currently has no job and seeking legal help to take my husband back to court for 20%.
What are our options here? We do not want to keep the child from seeing her mother but she really needs stability. Is there a case for custody? Can she get the full 20% (state of IL) when she is doing nothing to help herself? My husband and I both have good, steady jobs and she wants to cash in on that.
My husband's ex-wife left him several years ago. She had a good job at the time. She has a college education. In the past 4 years, she has had 6 jobs and has moved 8 times. They have shared custody - equal time with child. She is required to live locally so as to keep the child in the same school. She gets child support but not the full 20%. She is required to pay 1/2 daycare, medical and dental but refuses. So, to keep the bills paid, we pay them, in addition to all of the extras (we are not complaining about paying for the child). Every few months, she threatens to go to court for more money. When she quits a job or loses a husband/boyfriend, she cries to us for more money. She often quits a job without having one in line and moves in with her parents. She has also since re-married and divorced. She has a problem (addiction) with prescription drugs and has recently been diagnosed as bi-polar. She currently has no job and seeking legal help to take my husband back to court for 20%.
What are our options here? We do not want to keep the child from seeing her mother but she really needs stability. Is there a case for custody? Can she get the full 20% (state of IL) when she is doing nothing to help herself? My husband and I both have good, steady jobs and she wants to cash in on that.
