As a result, after an emotional outburst, the child's other parent may have an advantage and
even win child custody.
Not exact matches
The thing about kids is that
even though you may have «
won» a
child custody battle, you still have to find a way to parent this
child for the rest of your life.
Even if you
win sole
custody, a court will usually grant the
child's father visitation rights, unless it determines that to do so would be injurious to the
child.
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.