Nine clients out of 10 pose this as their very first question to me: “How can I limit the other parent’s custody time to as little as possible?” Naturally, the genesis of this question is in the party’s hatred of the other parent for infidelity, perceived cruelty, etc. However, custody law is not designed to serve this objective. More importantly, this type of thought is short-sighted, and here's why.
Growing up in an affluent town, I was witness to a lot of broken families and products of divorced parents. I learned at a very young age that financial comfort is no insulation from marital problems and, in some ways, it breeds them. Instead of doubling down their efforts to compensate for the broken family, parents simply throw money at the problem, which is an exceedingly less effective remedy. Suffice to say, I saw a lot of broken families that, after separation, despite having the means to do right by their children, failed their children miserably.
