She filed in August 2022 after she left in July to go live 3 hours away with her affair partner. We had a temporary hearing in September for custody and child support terms, which ended with 50/50 custody despite the distance, and no money for either of us. We have a hearing coming in August but I don't know what to expect. We are in our 20s, we bought a home together but I make the payments with my VA disability (non-marital asset) and there is next to no equity, so it's not really something that needs to be split anyway. Custody and our meager savings is all that can be split, and since she moved over 180 miles away, I will likely get primary custody.

Anyone have experience with it taking this long? How many hearings did you have to have and why?