Taking into consideration that joint custody in NYS is highly unlikely. At this point it's still very much a winner take all state. One parent is getting primary and another secondary. On top of that, the secondary parent is most likely looking at a standard parenting schedule including every other weekend with a night or two mid week. Father seeks joint legal custody (highly unlikely if it goes to trial) and equal parenting time (also highly unlikely if it goes to trial). Mother had previously offered every other weekend with one overnight a week. Rotating holidays and school recesses and week on week off during the summer. She has also offered to carve up decision making into spheres with mother having final say in education and medical and father religion and extra curricular. She has also offered to change to full 50/50 after 5th grade. She also offered to waive child support. We're on the edge of beginning legal process. Divorce filed, judge assigned, GAL assigned. Both parents are fit and loving. Mother has flirted with alienating behavior and has a moderate history of using the child as a weapon and verbally and abusing father. Nothing the courts may consider major in the world we live in. Would you entertain just taking the deal? At the end of the day it would be about 42/58 custody as opposed to 50/50. Honest thoughts?