Choosing The Right Family Law Attorney

Things You Should Know About Divorce And Custody

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In divorce, child custody cases can be highly contentious and incredibly damaging to children. If you are preparing to seek custody or visitation with your child, it's wise to hire a family law attorney who can guide you through the process in your state.

Remember Your Children You may assume that fighting for custody is the same as thinking of your children, but all too often parents lose sight of the needs of their children in custody fights.

Divorce and child custody evaluator that children need both parents and that when children are deprived of one parent, they can suffer immensely.

Everything Is Evidence When you file a child custody action, everything can immediately become evidence, from texts between you and your ex to comments you've made to your children. Your ex may record you or have a private investigator follow you, and you should assume that everything you do is monitored and will be used as evidence.

Keep Your Evidence Just as everything you do is evidence that might be used against you, it's important to keep full documentation of what your spouse is doing. Make a note of any problems. If, for example, he's always late to pick up the kids, begin keeping a log of his late arrivals.

Communicate in writing whenever possible.

Log Expenses Whether you're seeking child support or your ex-spouse wants you to pay child support, it's vital to keep a record of all of your expenses. Most of us have regular expenses that we rarely think about, and it's important that those are covered in your financial accounting.

Get Help In the chaos of a divorce, it's easy to get caught up in the stress of the moment. But there's a new life on the other side of your divorce, and it's important to be prepared for it. If you find yourself overwhelmed with anger or grief, consider seeking help from a therapist or psychiatrist specializing in divorce in addition to a legal services attorney.

Things To Avoid There are several things that could compromise your child custody case and make you look terrible at your divorce hearing.

Don't keep your children away from the other parent unless he poses a serious danger to them.

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