The best divorce lawyer will be realistic with you about what you can expect to
achieve on the custody front.
Not exact matches
Your best chance to
achieve full
custody depends
on proving that your child's other parent is unfit, but his bad behavior must have a direct effect
on your child.
I prefer to put the emphasis
on good parenting and avoid the provocative term,
custody, which might denote ownership in order to
achieve a good parenting plan for divorce.
The hope alluded to by D.C. Councilmember Brazil, that joint
custody will reconnect fathers to their families, can be
achieved more accurately by addressing poverty and the resulting pressures
on family unity.