Posted on May 6, 2016
Are Military regulations putting your personnel at a disadvantage in family court? What are your thoughts?
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Active duty military personell are losing custody battles on a daily basis in family court. Military regulations tend to conflict with state law, and if you are deployable may mean you lose custody.
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In thes situations it is of the utmost importance to get a lawyer that specializes in custody battles for military personnel. It is also important to already have a family care plan already completed and some great character witnesses. Never take on these cases by yourself or go cheap. If you do you will lose.
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I lost my first custody battle because I was active duty and "could" be deployed. I got out before I went back to court and won the second time
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SFC Josh Billingsley
I was younger and the biggest mistake I made was taking the first cheap lawyer I could find. My first dispute ran me about 1500. I spent over 16k preparing my case the second time. It's not buying the court, but discoveries and such rack up costs and they are worth it in the end.
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Not only that but you are forced to pay the spouse in the absence of a court order, spouses can call the chain anytime they want and the chain is required to look into it, careers tend to be on thin ice during this proccess its horrible
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