I have kept a journal of anything that has ever happend, police reports, as well as letters from family, my sons counselor, teacher, and any witnesses that were around when my ex and i had issues.
My ex has only been a contributing parent this last year, and my son, does not want to go back and forth, and my ex wasn't that great at contributing. He wouldn't even take him to his baseball games or practices, and would never communicate with me for the good of our son. It's hard to co-parent when the other parent won't communicate.
How can I submit personal reference letters to the court before trial so that they will be brought in as evidence?Looking for any tips that might help in a custody trial.?these are questions you should be asking your lawyer.
My wife and I have custody of our two grandchildren, each case was separate, so we've been through two of them. You've all ready been doing the most important thing, keep a journal and document EVERYTHING. My wife documented every visit, every phone call (which were few and far in between, which is why we got custody.) Trust me the judge will look at that journal. The first case was pretty easy, the second one was not so easy, because my step-daughter had a court appointed lawyer who fought hard for her, and kept convincing the female judge to give her more and more chances to improve herself. This went on over a year before the judge finally got sick of it and gave us custody. To this day I can't figure out why they would consider giving children back to a mother that never calls, visits or even asks about her children for years at a time. The most frustrating thing was the girl's lawyer kept painting my wife and I as the villians, we were trying to %26quot;steal her children.%26quot; The first one came home from the hospital after she was born, the step-daughter left, and didn't take her baby. The second one, children's services dropped off at our house, because she would leave the boy at people's houses for weeks at a time, while she was out partying.
Anyhow, keep up your journal, and get a good lawyer, no matter what it costs. The kids are worth it.
The lawyer can get your journal admitted. So keep it up. I'm telling you it saved our ***.Looking for any tips that might help in a custody trial.?The best tip, in fact the only tip: Get a lawyer.
This is not Judge Judy; this is real life.
Journals and letters may mean nothing. You do not know how to get evidence admitted. You may not know what is important for the judge to make a favorable decision.
Get a lawyer or forget about it.Looking for any tips that might help in a custody trial.?Yes, get a lawyer, but, has your son been interviewed, for instnace, by Social Services! Is your son capable of standing up for himself in court, and tell the judge what is really going on! What does HE want out of this mess!? Maybe he doesn't want to see his father, and what proof could the man possibly have concerning the molestation!? If the mediators have given you temp primary custody, go with that, but what I don't understand is, what reason is the EX making things difficult for you, do you know if he HAS an agenda, or just doing it for spite! Seems like he has money to keep yanking you into court!
