Even if you try to maintain a good relationship with your ex through a child custody case, there may end up being problems.
As forewarned is forearmed, here are three of the most common problems that can cause problems during child custody cases.
1.
The Parents Trying To Pit The Children Against The Other - This can often be a problem, particularly when the split was of an acrimonious nature, and there is bad blood between the two parties.
This is something that you need to become aware of very quickly.
You should not be bad-mouthing your partner in front of your children.
It does no-one any good, and does not improve the situation.
If you have nothing good to say about them, then saying nothing at all is probably a better policy.
2.
Getting Poor Advice - This can happen both in the legal sense of the word, when your child custody lawyer doesn't perform as you hoped they would.
But also when you seek advice from the internet, or a support group, and later discover some key ingredient or fact that would have made a big difference to your case.
If in doubt seek extra sources of advice, and try to keep matters civil with your partner.
3.
Child Support - Money issues are always the number one issue, because the plain fact is that we all have to eat, pay our bills etc and it all costs money.
On top of normal household expenses comes the costs of childcare, school trips, clothes and more.
So it is inevitable that unless money is plentiful (a rare thing indeed).
Then you will almost inevitably find yourself arguing with your ex about child support payments and amounts at some stage.