My bf has been going through a bad custody and child support battle with his ex. Its been very overwhelming for him to see that his ex can go to the courts and request for continuous raises in child support even without having him there in the process. He wants to see his kids but she makes it very hard for him. He continous to see surprise of withdraw from his paycheck. He's the type of person when things get too much to handle he'll withdraw and just not want to deal with things. We've been living off of my megar paycheck and it is becoming so overwhelming on my behalf. I'll support whatever choice he'll make in regards to his child support/custody battle. All I hope for is for him to start the process in seeing his kids and try to find away to reduce his child support. I explained to him that no matter how hard it becomes in having to deal with the proceeding I'll stand by his side but going through with the lack of finances now and knowing something can be done to change it, it is difficult to swallow. I feel our life is at a standstill and his ex still has control over his life. He is emotionally tied down because he's so upset and hurt. He continues to believe there's nothing he can do and he has no choices. I'm even willing to let him borrow almost $2,000 to hire a lawyer so so that someone else can start the proceeding to help change things. My bf becomes too overwhelmed and haven't been able to do all the paperwork himself.

Please everyone help me get through this and help me understand how should I deal with a situation like this.