Are you kidding? My parents are divorced...yet we're having kids!"

My parents divorced for the same reasons my ex-wife and I divorced. We don't live together anymore. They don't have any mutual friends from when they were married. And the ex just doesn't want our kids to have a relationship with their dad, because...well, that would just cause a huge mess of problems, like, uh, not having any friends or doing anything.

And, well...being the most reasonable thing on Earth when you want a relationship, you're still not satisfied with the breakup. So, you make a deal...and you agree that the kids will go to the ex, even if it's in the custody of the ex, not the other way around. The ex has some say in the custody situation. And then you're free to take the kids anywhere you like, as long as they're not, you know, getting abused or anything.

So, it's possible. However, it probably won't work unless you have the financial ability to do this, at least. And even then, your divorce papers will probably not be the legal grounds to have the kids for your ex.

You may be able to be forced to split custody with your ex if it becomes the cause