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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know you don’t want to focus much on custody, but I’m a lawyer in both DC and MD and I just want to say it is true that, given their ages, the preferences of your kids will be given a lot of weight. You might have to share legal custody, or might not given all the abuse. But, to the degree it impacts your decision, I think it’s good to understand that you’d have a real chance of getting primary physical custody. [/quote]

What kind of abuse does it need to be to be awarded legal custody? I thought that unless it’s severe documented physical abuse they give 50/50. What kind of documentation of emotional abuse do you need?[/quote]

There are few set rules like that since it really depends on how each judge evaluates the case. But if you have primary physical custody, shared legal custody often in practice doesn’t mean much because you’ll still be the one in charge of their day to day lives. Legal custody is only about big stuff - religion, discipline, medical issues, education. With older kids, this stuff might not come
up much.

As for the physical custody, you probably wouldn’t need any showing of abuse if kids at that age state they’d rather be with you. [/quote]

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