Intersting thought. There is a small business involved so would have to investigate the options there. Might be a very good suggestion. He’s relatively young and many earning years ahead of him.
The original divorce went quickly, splitting the childs time (baby at the time) ramping up to 50/50 after a couple of years. But now, the meddling mother in law is pushing buttons and now has all these “professionals” involved under false alligations. Same old, same old.... If I had to bet I’d say she has possible “spoken” privately to some of the so called independant professionals on the side.
A friend of a friend quietly did that when divorce appeared to be in the cards, the house they were living in was the old family homeplace that had belonged to his family and he had a sole proprietorship incorporated under subchapter S, an “S Corp.” She had racked up a lot of debt already for which he was on the hook, so he was determined that those assets weren’t going to be frittered away too.
This was over a year before the fact and there were no children, though. Family court sends even amicable splits down the road to negativeland, it’s fundamentally hostile to fathers.
Is the MIL the one wanting custody or is she doing it for her daughter?
First thing dad needs to throw in there is “What is the change in circumstance?” And then he needs to try to have it thrown out and not let it go any farther.