How To Win A Custody Battle As A Mother

How to Win a Child Custody Case for Mothers

Having a lawyer on your side may help make the custody battle easier and less stressful while giving you the best chance to win. Working with a child custody attorney that you trust can help you navigate the child custody process while creating a winning strategy.

While going through a custody dispute, it’s a good idea to try to stay calm and as cordial as possible. The court's main focus is on what’s in the best interest of the children. Showing that you care about your children and are willing to help them have a relationship with their father can be very beneficial. 

It’s also a good idea to keep track of what the parenting arrangement looks like before the custody order. If you’re taking on the majority of the parenting responsibilities, that can help make a good case for full custody.

Things to Consider During a Custody Battle

Keeping documentation of your communication with the other parent can be beneficial to a custody battle. If the other parent is being difficult with visitation or is unwilling to compromise, evidence of this could be beneficial to your argument for custody. 

If you think the father is likely to take your children and not return them or play games with parenting time, you should get a temporary order as quickly as possible. It’s important that in your declaration seeking a temporary custody order, you are completely truthful.

When going through a divorce and custody battle, a lot of mothers worry about their financial stability after divorce, especially if they’ve been a stay at home parent. Financial stability is a key factor to consider for your future. Your lawyer may be able to help you seek temporary support that could give you financial support while you’re waiting for child support and alimony judgments.

How to Get Full Custody as a Mother

When considering custody arrangements, the court’s main focus is identifying what’s in the best interest of the children involved. As a parent, showing that you are also considering the best interest of your children and that your custody interest isn’t related to ill will could be very beneficial to your custody battle.

An important aspect of winning child custody for mothers is establishing why your children will be better off with you. There is a lot of information that would be important for this discussion, such as who was the primary caregiver prior to divorce and who has the better ability to spend time with the children and parents. 

Throughout the course of your custody battle, it’s important that you stay on top of the forms that need to be filed and what documents need to be turned in. Working with an experienced attorney can help you keep track of all the necessary documentation involved with custody orders.

Custody Battle Tips for Mothers

There are a variety of strategies you can utilize while fighting a custody battle. We’ve compiled a short list of custody advice for mothers that may help your case with the courts and make the transition easier for your children.

Stand Your Ground

Doing what you think is best for your children is always important. You shouldn’t feel bullied into doing what your partner wants or thinks is best if you don’t believe that it’s in the best interest of the children. If you’re feeling pressured into making decisions that you don’t think will be good for your children, you should contact an attorney. A child custody lawyer can help you through your custody battle or help mediate any issues that come up before or after custody decisions are made by the courts.

Stay in Your Home

While we can’t guarantee that you’ll be able to stay in your home after a divorce, you shouldn’t automatically assume that you will have to move out just because the father tells you to. Even if the father was the main or sole income producer, the courts would consider a number of different factors that could let you stay in your home with your children.

Don’t Be Scared of Temporary Orders

If you’re concerned about what the father might do with the children, you should act quickly to get a temporary custody order. When it comes to your children being taken away from you, you don’t want to gamble with that chance. A temporary custody order will set temporary rules for who should have the children at set times. This creates a schedule you won’t have to negotiate and sets a schedule with the courts. This would mean that if the father does try to take your children, you would have a legal argument to get them back.

Keep Siblings Together

Keeping children with their siblings is usually considered to be in the children's best interest because of the stability it gives them. It’s a good idea, if possible, to keep all your children together while waiting on a custody order.

Work With Your Ex

Sometimes emotions run high, and working with your ex may be difficult. Showing that you are willing to work with your ex for the good of your children can help your custody case, even if it just means something as simple as being cordial about discussing things about your children.

Don’t Put Your Children in the Middle

It may be tempting to ask your children to be a messenger between you and their father or to talk badly about your ex in front of your kids. The courts put a lot of emphasis on the idea of children being able to have a positive relationship with both parents. If you can avoid putting your children in the middle of your issues with their father, it could be beneficial not only for your custody case but also for your relationship with your children in the future.

Working With An Attorney To Win Custody as a Mother

We know that as a mother, your children will always come first. We also know that having to go through a custody battle over your own kids is probably something you never thought you’d have to deal with. At Campbell Law, we are committed to providing our clients with the help they need to fight for their rights and the rights of their children. 

Jason Campbell is an experienced family law attorney with over 10 years of experience helping mothers win child custody battles. Contact us today to learn more about how we may be able to help you with your custody case.