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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a family member who divorced a man with bipolar disorder that made violent threats against her. He served her when they were leaving a joint therapy session. He got a men's rights lawyer and attempted to manipulate the judge and the child custody evaluator into believing that she was abusive to him and secretly doing drugs in front of the kids. He had zero interest in parenting, but asked for 70% custody for himself and all legal decision making power. It took a year and a half for her to settle it, which included her being drug tested off of nothing but his false claims.

You have no idea how much danger you are in. Family court judges and custody evaluators are very aware of the perception that men don't get an equal shake in custody cases and have overcorrected as of late to believe men more than women. His claims against you may be taken credibly by the judge, unless you act NOW to protect yourself. You need to speak to a divorce lawyer THIS WEEK. [/quote]

I agree with the first paragraph. Women should stay away from all custody evaluations, all psychological evaluations, all drug tests. Don’t play the custody game. It doesn’t end well for anyone. Once one lawyer asks for it, the other does too. Don’t play into any lawyers “team” — it’s a game and not designed to help your family. [/quote]

I’m scared about this for one of my friends. Her DH has major issues but not enough IMO to lose custody permanently. But her lawyers are pushing for it, so I fear she is going to be blindsided when she has to do a custody evaluation/psychological evaluation that will reveal some of her own parenting issues. [/quote]

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