Custody and Visitation Case
Aug 25, 2021OUTCOME: Primary Physical Custody Granted to Mr. Parker's Client (Father)
Mr. Parker represented a father with a rigorous work schedule as a firefighter. The father had repeatedly fought for more time with his children, but without counsel. The mother, having remarried and h ... ad other children, had employed counsel to successfully limit father's visitation to a few nights a month. Under this arrangement, the father would have to regularly drop the children off in the evening only to pick them up again from the mother the very next morning. Mr. Parker represented the father in seeking to simply have the children overnight on these evenings. At trial in the juvenile and domestic relations (J&DR) court, the judge further limited the father's time with the children. Mr. Parker helped the father appeal the matter to the circuit court. Over the course of a two-day trial in circuit court, Mr. Parker was able to show the court (1) that the father was a caring and involved parent and (2) that the mother had actively limited his access to the children for almost a decade. Mr. Parker brought to light certain controlling behavior by the mother, which ultimately led the court to grant the father not simply additional visitation, but primary physical custody of the children and ultimate decision-making authority on their behalf.
