How To Win At Child Custody Battle

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The process of Divorce is indeed painful. And if the misery of a prolonged battle for custody and monetary settlements are added to it then it is almost excruciating. Children from such a marriage are usually seen to be laboring under considerable emotional stress already and a custody battle is agonizing for them as well.

In some cases though, it is imperative to discuss the question of child custody before the couple legally separate. The question of custody being an almost predominant issue in divorce suits you would be wise to update yourself about the nitty-gritty’s of the issue so that you can make a well-informed decision.

Let us start from the basics. ‘Child custody’ is also referred to as ‘guardianship’, both of which are part legal terminology. The terms convey the sense of a lawful and realistic bond between parents and their children whereby the parents are required to look after the children and can decide on important questions on the children’s behalf.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child having been approved in many different countries all over the world, more emphasis is now placed on the concepts of ‘contact’ and of ‘residence’, which constitutes the concept of ‘visitation’ in the United Sates of America.

This is a divergence from a former tradition of dwelling on the concepts of ‘access’ and ‘custody’. In legal jargon and otherwise, a child may ‘reside’ or be in ‘contact’ with one of its parents rather than a parent having its ‘custody’ or ‘access’ to it. Such newly developed international categorizations all fall under the focus of ‘parental responsibility’.

In a divorce case where the couple fights over rights to custody, such terms as the abovementioned are used liberally. But which parent is to granted custody of the child finally is decided upon only after consulting a parameter which considers the child’s well-being and best interest.