I will send a prayer up for you, her and the daughter

You will be able to file a joint return in 2020 and 2021 if you are married in January.

My daughter just got divorced with split custody. Her ex wants to trout fish on his days off, rather than keep the girls. Then he schedules vacations and trips without any regard for their joint schedule. Keep being a good dad.

Relationship break ups consume huge amounts of mental, emotional, physical and financial energy and resources. Make sure you find ways to keep your emotional, mental and physical energies as high and strong as you can. Not easy for sure but doable. The fact that currently you are not fighting over custody issues helps somewhat. Remember the three Ps not the current payroll protection plan but Patience, Prayer and Persistence. Keep focused on what needs to get done, keep things as simple as you can and don't give up or lose sight of your goals. There is a lot of life yet on the other side of this road block and lessons learned here will help down the road.
Sharing is helpful. It is like having the flu and puking out the garbage and starting the healing process.

Bryce

All I can say is my daughter was the best thing that happened to me through all of that, which Im sure is the case for you. It was worth going through for her sake.

I got divorced after 23 years of marriage, so there was no fight over the kids. She was consumed by the bottle, sitting in the bar for 8 hrs a day. It wasn't a tramatic thing for me as I finally could no longer take it. My advice is to get a good lawyer and get your agreements in writing. Take one day at a time and keep your head up. Other than my boys, getting divorced is one of the things I'm most proud of. I had gotten away from a very verbally abusive and controlling woman. It's been 20 years now, with no regrets

Maintain a relationship with your daughter, and keep the mud off of that.

Whatever is spoken, goes on paper.

Praying you’ll find valuable guidance and wisdom as you work through it.

Sent with prayer.

Strength to you. Take care of yourself and your girl.

Brian

Refuse to be miserable, you have the world by the OO and don't know it...….Been there done that, they are a dime a dozen and there is a better one out there, trust me.

Been there. Take care of your youngun, keep here out of the middle of this and she will be your best buddy forever. Everyone can start over, I did, more than once.

Sorry to hear this. Be a good father.

You are in my prayers good luck

Keep your chin up and remember your daughter is more important than another relationship.

You probably wont take this advice but get a lawyer and put all the details on paper. It's easy to say split custody, no support and split the bills for the child. Well until one doesn't have enough money and your kid needs 7500 dollar braces or some such other thing. If you haven't already, you need a will and set it up so there is a trust for the child with someone you trust as the executor.

Sorry you have to go through this, I know you want, and think it's an amiable agreement, but after her friends get done with her, and her lawyer, maybe not so much.

Get your own lawyer, do not make threats, let your lawyer be the bad guy....

Good luck. Hope it goes smoothly and I hope yall can all get along like you have planned.

Can not be stressed too much........get everything in writing. Tell your lawyer what you expect so he can earn his fee. Amicable sounds great and may even help soothe the pain initially but as others have said, it is not likely to be permanent. Is it still going to be amicable when your ex falls head over heels again and wants to follow her new squeeze 3 or 4 states away from where you live? That would make joint custody tough. Support, insurance and taxes are just a few of the things that need to be spelled out. Let the lawyers sort it out and get it documented or the court will do as they see fit whether you like it or not.

Great advise from everyone about maintaining a clean relationship with your daughter. No mudslinging allowed! If you can both do that, everything else can be worked out.

sorry brother.

Prayers

Prayers for ya man.