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[quote=Anonymous]I know of two situations. In both, the mother had drug/legal issues. In one, the mother didn't bother trying to get it back and is essentially now a friend to her HS daughter. The other, she has worked up to ~40% custody after 5 years of supervised, then unsupervised, then every other weekend, and now gets summers too.

But in general, unless the parent (mom or dad) has DOCUMENTED legal/drug issues, untreated and/or dangerous mental health issues or just voluntarily gives it up, courts aren't going to just take away custody or award it to the other parent because they ask. Even if one parent is rich, the lawyer isn't buying off the judge. Perhaps they are just able to afford to dig up more dirt to use against the other parent.

They really try for 50/50 whenever possible if parents can't come to an agreement themselves. And I've seen parents who don't deserve to have their kids for that amount of time and only do it to screw with the other parent or limit the amount of child support.

I've seen great agreements that are every other week, with dinner on Wednesday night with the other parent. Plus, the other parent can help do activities during the week or weekend. But, parents live near each other, so activities/school isn't an issue. I think that is the ideal arrangement. One switch off a week. Each parent gets a good chunk of time to themselves.
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