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Having fought a custody battle in PA, Herb....I can tell you the courts are fucked.
We were very fortunate in our choice of lawyers...he had the number one father's rights attorneys and I had the number two custody lawyer in the state.
Between the two of them, they kept us reasonable.
Five years of hammering out agreements and 30 thousand dollars later, we had a working arrangement.
No alimony.
No child support. We shared big expenses. But, food and clothing, other than my son's yearly suit, were separate costs.
Whoever had health insurance put the kid on theirs.
Big gifts were shared expenses.
We did not live in the same school district and my son complained about that.
We shared the cost of his private school, right down to the uniforms.
We did not get along. At all. The beating he gave me the day he kidnapped my son caused all kinds of trouble.
But, in the end, my lawyer kept me from going to court, as did his.
What our lawyers told us each time we had one of our 'conferences' at 300 dollars an hour....was this.
The courts WILL fuck you up.
Staying out of court and hammering out an acceptable agreement will cost you money and save you heartache.
They were right.
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Raven
~RETIRED~
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