The "unorthodox" visitation is as follows: My son spends 1 full week with me and then 1 full week with his mom. Basically, he sees each of us the same amount of time. As I stated earlier, This was done so he could have a relationship with both of us.
It is joint legal custody, with me as the "Custodial Parent". I have physical custody of my son also.
He has not gone to school in my district because originally he was going to private school. That got too expensive and the public school in my district at the time was terrible. My new wife is a school teacher and my son was allowed to go to the same school she taught at because he lived with us. My ex lives 5 minutes from the school so it was convenient for her when he spent the week at her house.
Because of the medical issues this past year with my son, he thinks the kids at his current school all hate him and he wants to change schools. He told his therapist that he wants to go to the school in my district because he has friends in my neighborhood that he would go to school with. My wife will probably not go back to teaching at the current school also, which means we could no longer be the exception at that school.
We have moved to a much better school district now. The fact that we are 32 miles away from my ex does not make her happy.
Living with me full time is only an issue because my ex does not want me to "win". I have told her it is not about me or her winning. It is about our son getting what is best.
As for your other comments, I never discuss things with him or around him. I never question what is going on at mom's house. I have always left him out of the "adult" conversations.
Hopefully this helps explains things better. Sorry for being so wordy. Thanks for your input.
It is joint legal custody, with me as the "Custodial Parent". I have physical custody of my son also.
He has not gone to school in my district because originally he was going to private school. That got too expensive and the public school in my district at the time was terrible. My new wife is a school teacher and my son was allowed to go to the same school she taught at because he lived with us. My ex lives 5 minutes from the school so it was convenient for her when he spent the week at her house.
Because of the medical issues this past year with my son, he thinks the kids at his current school all hate him and he wants to change schools. He told his therapist that he wants to go to the school in my district because he has friends in my neighborhood that he would go to school with. My wife will probably not go back to teaching at the current school also, which means we could no longer be the exception at that school.
We have moved to a much better school district now. The fact that we are 32 miles away from my ex does not make her happy.
Living with me full time is only an issue because my ex does not want me to "win". I have told her it is not about me or her winning. It is about our son getting what is best.
As for your other comments, I never discuss things with him or around him. I never question what is going on at mom's house. I have always left him out of the "adult" conversations.
Hopefully this helps explains things better. Sorry for being so wordy. Thanks for your input.