There are too many posts for me to answer individually. Here's the deal..
He is aggressive and can be abusive. It was mostly verbal but he did push me around a lot, strangled me a few times. I was with him since I was 16, the physical abuse didn't start until I had my second child. I stayed until he went after my oldest son, who was 12 at the time. He did not hit him, I got a baseball bat and pushed him out of the room. That's when I decided we were getting out.
It's been about a year and a half. I will not have that man raise my boys. He hasn't gotten aggressive with them at all since that one day. But he did attack his next door neighbors because they were "staring at him". He threatened th with a gun and the cops showed up with their guns drawn and put my now 14y/o on the ground cause he was standing outside. He fights, he lives with his parents and thinks he's entitled to being taken care of, he holds no value in education, he has a very poor work ethic, and he hangs out with known criminals. His brother, who also lives in the house is constantly in trouble with the cops. My boys come back home and dressing like thugs from his place. He raises them with an arrogance that will only hurt them as adults.
He agreed to pay me $600 a month but I haven't seen a dime. I'm going for full custody, I don't have a lawyer because I don't have the money. His response was to ask for full custody also. The custody hearing is in 3 weeks.
Uh I can't remember what else you guys asked. I hope that's everything.