The real problems every parent must be prepared to face within the system

2.   PROBLEMS PRESENTED BY THE LAWYERS

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(A)  Lawyers Are Paid to Make the Lives of Parents and Children Worse, Rather Than Better

(B) Some Lawyers Are More Competent Than Are Others. And Very Few Are Competent in This Area

(C) Many Lawyers Have Poor Client Relations

(A)   Lawyers Are Paid To Make The Lives of Parents and Children Worse, Rather Than Better

    Parents who get along well with each other create healthy environments that nurture their children's welfare and peace of mind. Parents in conflict create the opposite.

    Obviously, when parents get along with each other, there remains little or no reason to litigate.

    Equally obviously, lawyers usually get paid a lot more when the parents litigate, than they do when the parents get along. Hence, lawyers have a financial incentive to turn the parents against each other, and thereby to deprive the children of the advantages that only cooperative parents can provide. 

(B)   Some Lawyers Are More Competent Than Are Others. And Very Few Are Competent In This Area

    Anyone with a license to practice law, is allowed to begin practicing in any area of the law, regardless of actual training, experience, or competence in that area. Including those areas involving parenting disputes. This alone guarantees wild variations in competence among lawyers who practice in this area.

    Unfortunately, it does not stop there. As discussed HERE, parenting issues fall into 3 general categories, of which only one directly involves legal issues. The remaining 2/3 of the issues require expertise which no law school ever provides. Hence, lawyers practicing in this area will not be competent to address those issues, until they gain additional expertise outside of conventional legal training.

    And most lawyers never do.

C)   Many Lawyers Have Poor Client Relations

    The one thing common to virtually every party to a custody dispute, is pain.

    They come to the lawyer scared, confused, and highly vulnerable. 

    In other words: in pain.

    Practicing law, alone, is only half of the job. The other half requires well-developed interpersonal skills, and consistently using those skills on behalf of the client. That means recognizing, and properly addressing, the client's distress.

    Which very few lawyers bother to do. Which leaves many clients feeling neglected and abused, rather than helped, by their lawyer.

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