It's been some time since I've posted; but I wanted to thank this particular group that carried me through this. I have emotional conflict with the decision making on my own part, that ill need to do a lot of self reflection on. Everything has been settled outside of court, to the tune of approximately half a million in her favor to prevent protracted custody battles and further trauma to our terminally ill child. Police, false charges, a vehement insistence that she would never allow 50 50 custody with me.

I currently have 50 50 custody, and for the last year as a statistical measure, 76% from her asking me to take him additional time, which I happily comply.

As background, over the 2 years this has been happening. I've been maniacally offered everything from supervised visitation, to her offering obsolescence in exchange for cash. I have a firm belief that our child needs both parents, and that I have a good case for full custody. In my opinion, it's good for no party involved for me to pursue that, given the temporal limitation on our son's life. I struggle internally with the idea that it's swung so heavily from the idea that she initially found me completely incompetent and useless, to relying on me for everything upon separation.

That being said, I'd like to discuss in a public forum with other men and women, what the experience has been, so if there's interest in a podcast focusing on family law reform, I'd be open to recommendations and advice on how to launch the endeavor. My plight has been light, comparatively, but its simply because I had enough cash. I think we need a wider voice, and I'd like to invest my time and effort into long form interviews with others, and discuss ways in which we can we can collectively communicate the total cost, with the ultimate goal of establishing constitutional rights in a civil matter that has criminal consequence.