Legal Question in Family Law in California

if a mother all of a sudden comes out and sends the dad to court and the kids write about how much they hate the mom and the mom barley even been in the kids life for only 2 years and when they went to court the mom got the same rights as the dad don't you think that the mom should have less privileges cause she leaves the kids home alone and they are scared to death. Even the kids don't trust there mom because she is always yelling at them, what rights could the dad have to keep all the bad things to happen? Will the dad be able to win a chance since the mother has all this with a bad record leading to her. So what showed he do?


Asked on 6/06/14, 9:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Arlene Kock Law Offices of Arlene D. Kock APLC

The situation that you described may require a full child custody evaluation. The court would appoint a private custody evaluator from their list of qualified candidates to delve into the parenting issues that you've raised in your question. Please note that the parties must pay for the child custody evaluator. The the cost of this evaluation on average starts around $5-$7000.

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Answered on 6/07/14, 8:08 am


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