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so the first thing that i’m going to
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tell a parent who’s asking me questions
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about custody
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or allocation of parenting
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responsibilities as we call it now
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is to look at the list of factors in the
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statute that actually spell out exactly
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what the court is going to be looking
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for
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and the guardian ad litem is going to be
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looking for and making a determination
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like this
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i’m going to want my clients to tell me
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what their strengths are
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and what their weaknesses are which will
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better enable me to deal with
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making the legal argument as to why they
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should
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have more time or more responsibilities
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for their children