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I think he wants it to say 50/50 for a couple of reasons, mainly he (I'm guessing) that he thinks he will be a horrible person, father if he gives away most of his time with his kids. But, he gf has a 15 year old daughter and our kids range in ages from 3 to 11. Life with her is and will be totally different and I don't see them doing more than twice a week tops, if that. Over xmas break he was gone nearly the entire second week and the one time he did see them he took them to the mall (oldest 9 and 11) for three hours and literally left them for an hour and a half and went to have a drink with his gf. So, I see them settling into a very different life. Plus, he works four 10 hour days and can't really see them M-Th (not that he really makes an effort to hang out with them after work anyway). So, if he did actually have 50/50 he would need way more child care than I would (I'm a teacher). Anyway, I see him fighting 50/50 but  he has told me point blank he won't sign away more. I have no problem giving him more than 20% (if I got 80) but, he is only seeing them that much now. (I do think he wants to save money too bc he has already complained that he would have to pay to much).

My ex and I have been seperated for 6 months. He is just now moving out with his girlfriend and we are just starting the processing of filing. Because he has a legal plan through work (good for 20 hours) we agreed he would draw up the paperwork and I would take it to my legal aide place to get it looked over (neither of us have money for a lawyer or a mediator). At first we agreed about some things. As many of you can guess things change. From what I see so far I think he is pulling back from his fatherly duties (not that it was all that hot to begin with). He wants 50/50 on paper but he has said that he will likely only take them two maybe three nights a week (he use to say that not lately. We have four kids. I came across an email from him to a rental apt that says he will only have his kids every other weekend, that's 20% of the time. For a lot of reasons I don't see him taking the kids more than once a week on average. I have been keeping a log for months now and a journal. So, I know exactly how much time he spends with the kids. My problem is that I am nearly posisitve he is going to give me papers requesting 50/50 custody. (I also have a much more kid friendly schedule and he doesn't.) He has said he will take care of the financial piece and will put it in writing but, I am very, very hesitant to sign anything that doesn't reflect what is happening in real life. But, I know countering with 80% custody will set things off to get ugly fast (not that they are super awesome now). Anyway, thoughts?