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I have gone thru this with a child and the parent leaving....
Trust me, I thought the same thing and 4 years later she came back and the word doc we had was tossed out of court. Its not recongized as a legal and binding contract here in PA where I live.... Laws are different all over and also the judge you get and how they view the laws and the suitation.
There are a ton of armchair lawyers on here and remember that we all live in different areas with differeing laws. Get a real lawyer in your area and do it right man.
Borrow whatever it takes and get it done right otherwise you are just letting her screw you again.
1. She needs to pay support to you if she is not in custody of the kids.
2. Visitation -- Based on her leaving you high and dry?... What makes you think she'll not take your kids and vanish???
3. Regardless of she's working or not, she has to pay support since she has the "capacity" to earn whatever her past income records state. So, she's not just walking away from this fat, dumb and happy.
4. Get everything done via the legal system, its going to cost you some paper but the $2-$5k you lay out now will save you untold thousands in cash and untold arrgravation later.
Children as a responsibility that you cannot just walk away from for a new man... How long until that new man is suddendly tired of her and wants out?
He dont want a woman with kids since she dropped them on you....
That bitch would only get supervised visits with a court appointed liasion based on her actions you stated here.
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