Child Custody and Visitation Attorney in Eagan, Minnesota
Can you tell us about a memorable situation you handled involving high conflict parenting time?
Can you tell us about a memorable situation you handled involving high conflict parenting time?
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yeah again i would go back to the 13-day
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trial i had about a year and a half ago
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where there was
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a lot of conflict there was a custody
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evaluation that was not necessarily
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favorable to my client making a
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recommendation for joint the evaluator
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had missed substantial pieces of
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information
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that were
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beneficial to my client and not
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beneficial to the opposing party so we
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had to draw out information a lot of
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times
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gathering
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they used a communication format called
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our family wizard that you can document
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all their communication and we were able
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to point to
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discrepancies in communication format by
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mother that were
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devastating to the children including
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there were some problems for the kids
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requiring some interventions medically
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and mother was taking upon herself to
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do this without involving father and
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exhibiting some unusual behavior i would
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say even on the bizarre edge of behavior
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so and the attorney that was supporting
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her was just supporting her and it was
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uh
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you know i don’t think it was the best
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work on their part but i think it was
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a matter of pointing to the court and
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saying here’s the discrepancies here’s
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what needs to happen here’s how my
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client has behaved this is what my
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client has done to support the children
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those are the things that i think that
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really matter and and staying child
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focused in this
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uh process is really important not
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getting so focused on what the other
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spouse is doing even though that’s
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certainly a consideration but you want
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to be able to
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always focus on what are the kids
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needing here and how can i meet their
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needs and that that goes a long way with
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the court so they understand you’re
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really there to to help the children in
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this process
Eagan, MN family law attorney, Susan M. Gallagher shares the story of a memorable situation she handled involving high conflict parenting time.
