Sentences with phrase «divorce as a bargaining chip»

Although Canadian law can not interfere with religious customs or laws, and can not grant a religious divorce, courts will prevent one spouse from using the religious divorce as a bargaining chip in the legal separation or divorce process.

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For example, one parent may use custody as a cynical bargaining chip, such as a father in a divorce who has no realistic chance of winning custody (and even no real interest in having the children live with him) threatening to sue for custody because he knows it may prompt the mother to negotiate away some of her financial rights.

Common divorce mistakes clients make include forgetting about taxes, allowing friends and family to influence them, letting your emotions control your decisions, not considering the liquidity of assets you receive in the divorce, not securing support payments with insurance, trying to hide assets, quitting work to get more support, not being prepared for settlement negotiations or mediation, dating during the divorce, using the children as bargaining chips, getting emotionally attached to assets, and neglecting post-divorce financial planning.

[ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «I haven't seen any research on this... However, in 20 + years of experience working with divorced families, I have no doubt that fathers who were pretty hands - off during the marriage become much more active and involved during the divorce and that, fortunately, many of them sustain this involvement in the post-divorce period... cynical dads who are concerned with punishing their ex, using the children as a bargaining chip, or reducing their exposure to child support [are unlikely] to convincingly and consistently sustain such playacting for any period of time.»