My daughter is 2 and a half. We had 50/50 custody for the first year of her life and then he was slowly not showing up. He took off for 5 weeks the day he got served with child support papers. When he came back he kept claiming in court he wanted to see her, but he hasn't contacted me at all, despite having 2 orders since then that grant parenting time. He is now over 5k in arrears for child support. He is still in the same town I am in. Perhaps your ex will just trickle out too?
I'm sorry that you are going through that. I really am.
Do you rather him be out of your child's life?
I honestly hope my ex will trickle out, I have a feeling that he will because he's isn't good with consistency in everything. He's toxic and extra stress.
My ex is good when it comes to money. He will most likely be that guy that pays child support and doesn't have a relationship with his kid(s)