Child Custody and Visitation Attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

What advice do you give clients who are fighting for more time with their children?

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when i come across
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a parent who is fighting for more time
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with their
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child and they’re frustrated because
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they can’t have it it’s
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admirable to to see that and so i do
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encourage and try to find
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out what is the motivation behind
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the need what’s going on in the family
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so that we can say
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okay this is is reasonable request what
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you’re asking for makes sense
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or what you’re asking for is a bit
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overreaching so i will
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you know try to find out from the client
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what’s going on
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so that you know i could help that
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person get to a point
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where again they put the children first
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to establish what’s best sometimes
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the child really needs that parent at a
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particular part of their life
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and sometimes it’s the parent who really
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needs something more
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other than what that child needs so we
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try to figure out what’s going on
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and we try to guide that person to the
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best
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situation possible
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you

Fort Lauderdale, FL family law attorney Sheena Benjamin-Wise shares her advice for someone who is fighting for more time with their children.

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