So back in October my husband's ex filed for full legal custody and tried to give him visitation only every other weekend and a couple weeks in the summer. She's trying to get child support since she's not getting any now because they have 50/50 custody. Right now we have them on the weekends and a week at a time in the summer. So anyway since then we hired an lawyer and we're fighting it. They went through mediation and thought everything was worked out then she backed out two weeks later. So then we asked for a Home Study. She went to court crying about how she can't afford it (lies) and so the judge ordered a Brief Focused Evaluation instead. Which is kind of like a home study but less thorough and cheaper. We're asking for primary custody so the kids can go to school here since they are not doing well going to school where their mom lives. We're about an hour away. The oldest two have bad grades and the oldest has missed so many days of school that he may not get credit for his classes. She constantly makes them late for school and the oldest always has missing assignments. Of course she blames my husband for not being more involved even though he has been in communication with the teachers. And of course I'm the evil stepmom and I "force" my rules on her kids etc, etc. Has anyone been through anything like this? The evaluator is coming to our house this weekend and although I know we're the better environment for the kids I'm afraid she won't see through the exes lies and manipulation.