Child Visitation - 4 Fast Tips on Submitting Your Motions

By: Ed Brooks Click author's name for more of his/her articles

There are few events in life that challenge a person's emotions more than fighting on your childrens' behalf for the God given right just to parent them. If you were there when your children were born and felt the connection and bond running through you, you nurtured that bond through their infancy and now find those feelings, you know to be a divine trust, challenged by the ex. You must know how critical it is to get this right.

The broadest problem you face in a high conflict child custody struggle is that your opponent probably knows you better than anyone else. At one time you exposed your largest hopes, dreams and fears in this person and now that trust is not only destroyed, that insight is being used against you in the most evil and vengeful way possible. It is being used to keep you away from your child.

The reason I state the obvious is that the total lack of trust you feel now will make you extra cautious when it comes time to entering your court documents. You may be tempted to cut back on what you are requesting and resistant to provide documentation to demonstrate your position. Who would fault you after the complete and full violation of your beliefs that you have just experienced with this person.
In fact, your desire is that you can catch them off guard and expose them to everyone for the very awful person they are. You hope to make them squirm and question which of the things you know about them that you will throw on them in court. You have a grandiose vision of making it look like some TV scene. Well, get hold of yourself. This isn't TV or a movie.

Two important pieces to keep in mind are:

1. Time is most important to the judge. They are going to hear many people not just yours.

2. The judge will review the case before they go to court and therefore be versed on what you are asking for and why.
If you planned on springing something the two reasons above should detour you.

Now that I've shown you what you cannot do, let me tell you the 4 real tips for filing you can do.
1. Make advantage of the fact that the judge will read your filing before they listen to the case. Include the details you need to judge to know.

2. Include any evidence you have to support your motion. (don't worry that they will not be surprised)

3. Serve your motion with plenty of time for the other parent to respond. This is critical for numerous reasons not limited to keeping your legal court papers valid.

4. When you get back the reply to your motion be prepared to reply one more time with any follow-up information that the judge should to know. This is your last chance to get in what you need the judge to find out and it will be much too late for another response.

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About The Author: Ed Brooks knows just how rough "High Conflict" child custody fights can be. Ed has created a site where parents can get advice on how to handle all aspects of a high conflict Child Custody battle. If you want to read more about Child Visitation issues you can find it here.