I need prayers for wisdom (and I'll gladly take any advice, too...)
I have a serious situation on my hands - the perplexing type that leaves you questioning the world... lol

The home study came back, as I mentioned in an earlier post. It was extremely negative. Well, turns out the study is flawed in many MANY ways. It was completely biased, I knew that from the get-go. But additionally, the doctor who gave her a diagnosis of me and a "professional" opinion never saw me as a patient, is a good friend of Terry's and turns out, is not even a doctor. His credentials are false and have been proven so in a court previously.

One of the people she interviewed who had really negative things to say about me was an aquaintence of mine. He called me out of the blue and asked how it was going, said he got a call from the social worker, and I just asked him if he said those things. He said no, that he didn't say that, but that she was trying to put words in his mouth. I asked if he would write a statement to that effect, and he said yes.

she twisted and put words in that I didn't say. My ex says she did the same thing to him. She didn't interview any of my people, but did all of his. She completely throws out things that he said and wrote, but throws me under the bus taking things I said out of context, or putting in things I didn't even say!

So, obviously, I'm going after her, outside of the court case. but here's the big dilema:
should I cut a deal with my ex now just so this custody and divorce thing is final? Its doubtful after 2 years of the kids living with him and with no evidence of serious wrong-doing during that time, that the court or another social worker is going to award full custody to me. I want to leverage this report against him - the fraud of it, that is - and maybe get a little more than I would before. I just don't know if I should take this battle to court when I don't know that it will end any better than it is now, and at least now I have an advantage.

I know this is probably all confusing and convoluted, but I just need wisdom.
I'm going after this social worker and her credentials, I'm going after the validity of this "study" and I'm going to leverage it against my ex in getting what I want (which is really pretty reasonable: 50% custody of the kids) but I just don't know whether I should try my luck in court, which will drag this thing out another year possibly.