We all know that mothers get custody by default, whether it's law or not.

Stbxw won't follow the court orders regarding visitation, the court won't do anything about it. I grew up in an abusive and broken home, now my boys are doomed to the same fate.

It appears that she wants to use my childhood as evidence that I would be an unfair father. Sharing details of the physical and sexual abuse in open court as a tactic to demonstrate this.

It seems incredibly unfair that the GAL and judge will use what happened to me as a child as a factor in their decisions. "CPTSD is a mental health condition, so it's possible that he can't be a good dad" as if I had any control over what happened to me when I was 6. Not to mention the humiliation of it becoming public record.