My husband has full custody of his two kids so their primary residence is our home. Normally, if bio mom doesn’t want to wait until he gets off work at 5:30p to meet and get the kids she will just pick them up from our house. All of a sudden that has become a big issue. She has been throwing a fit when she has to drive the whole way to get the kids and when she has to wait until later into the evening to get the kids. It’s gotten to the point where she threatened to take my husband to court if he doesn’t figure out a way to meet her earlier than 6p or 6:30p. I’m extremely frustrated with the situation because he has been leaving work early on her days so that he can meet her by 4p. That cuts back on his hours and income (he’s the sole earner, I’m a SAHM). I have offered to meet her halfway but she’s refusing that because she doesn’t like me and says it has to be him because their his kids, not mine.
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Part of me wonders if she lost her job and is only bitching because she can’t afford gas anymore? Idk maybe that’s a long shot.
As long as he’s trying to work with her I don’t think a court will do much. If she wants this to work, maybe a new schedule needs to be set in stone.
What’s the current schedule?
she just started a new job in January (remote, so she works from home) and that’s when all the complaining started. At the beginning of March we changed the custody schedule so that she only has the kids on weekends and not during the week because she said it was too stressful for her to have them during the week with her new job. My husband and I bend over backwards to try to accommodate what she wants so we don’t end up back in court. Every time he argues something or doesn’t give into her, she threatens to take us to court.

Ew yikes. She sounds like a major hot mess; I’d say just keep record of all her complaining.
If the schedule is court ordered then he no longer has an obligation to meet her halfway for extra visits during the week and he needs to tell her that. He needs to also tell her that because he no longer holds said obligation, she needs to speak with her boss to arrange an earlier log off time so she can get to the kids sooner.
Honestly since she works from home I’m wondering if a court would side more with him since he has been having to leave his in person job early and losing money simply to accommodate her.
Maybe he should tell her that due to her complaining, that he’s lost income trying to accommodate her, and in turn he’ll be reaching out to the court to see about increasing her child support to supplement the lost income he needs to support his kids 🤷🏻♀️