Fighting the Custody Battle Against a Selfish Parent | Cordell & Cordell

Cordell & Cordell partner Frank Murphy presents "Fighting the Battle Against a Selfish Parent" about handling contentious child custody cases during the firm's 13th Annual Domestic Litigation forum, a continuing legal education event for fellow attorneys held in April 2013.

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[district]

50/50 Parenting Time Legislation is a must. Family courts have shown criminal bias toward fathers for decades. Long overdue is giving fathers true equal rights and choices. This is true equality.

[brandydinsmore]

Minute 47, it is not a discrepancy because when one parent is exercising parental alienation, the minute he gets or she gets more than 50% authority, the “favored parent” gets even more controlling and has nothing to lose so the toxicity It’s worse.

[anoneal]

Thank you for law education. Unfortunately, the problem in my divorce case is judge's violation of the law and deny the fact. Judge Kimberly Todd denied the document recorded in docket entry by the clerk has ever been filed, made two different divorce dates in my one divorce, made two different amount of reared child support amounts based on one child support order, faked an case number to jail me in order to block my cancer treatment, faked her order date to cover her failure to satisfy the legal procedure.

Some judges do not work on the law. They work on violation of the law. They are the real criminals.

[teasippingme]

This is a fantastic video, thank you.

[stephanieturner]

@20:00 where father was assaulted and court threw out the evidence for relevancy. This is the norm, even in cases of abuse with children present or abuse directly to the children. I'm glad the appellate court overruled this but it should not have to go to appellate court.

[charlesrosaly]

Why would a parent let a court decide anything about your family???

[Mana.]

This is helpful, and I wish I had that kind of guidance into my case. I will keep treasure of this knowledge

[doesthisfacemakemelooklike]

Thank you very much for this essential education!!

[asiabee]

I have a divorce case without a lawyer, he filed withdrawal because I lost money. Now I have to deal with the father of the child wanting complete control of custody. Meaning I have absolutely no rights and no contact with our child. There was no abuse and I am the primary even when we were married. I need help and each consultation I find out here in Houston has lead me to a dead end.

[kackljas]

Great info. Not getting divorced, but writing a story about a fictional character who gets divorced, this is helpful.

[amandamontecinos]

I used Cordell Cordell.. they just wanted my money... this lawyer seems to be good.. i wished they would have provided one like that for my case.

[racedog]

I need to see you guys. You'll easily see the problems in my case.

[Teewaree]

Good knowledge for me utilize in court.

[CarolDudeck-blkz]

What do you do when the father is a Narcissist and very selfish! He’s full blown child alienation from myself! How do I fight this?

[J]

How the heck would somebody only get every other weekend as they’re only form of custody. That equates to one day a week that’s not even legal based on supreme court rulings unless the parent was deemed a very serious danger to the child. I mean seriously one day a week every other weekend that’s pathetic that’s literally 15% custody unless the parent was a multiple of violent felon deemed a danger to their child that’s a complete violation of the parents fundamental rights.

[greazychicken]

Does a judge have authority to issue orders related to a motion to modify custody and support during a series of Status Conferences without a trial setting?

[robertdiminuco]

Alienation is a major problem in this country and it is not being addressed, ; these Judges are encouraging this behavior. Family court is big business, and lawyers purposely keep tension between two parents, the goal I to run up billable hours, this is why some people are stuck in family court for years. Look up the movie trailer for
"Divorce Corp" This documentary movie that came out in 2014 explains how Judges and lawyers play God with people's lives and leave them homeless, penniless, and encourage one parent to lose their children. As Attorney Gloria Alred states in this film, "FOLLOW THE MONEY" The attorney I hired at the time (Mike Schmitt) told me that if DNA showed I was the father, I should be able to get 1 or 2 days visiting time. Why only 1 or 2 days? Why am my JUST a visitor to my own son? Unless there is a finding of fact that a parent is unfit, it should be shared parenting across the board. The state has no business getting involved unless there is a finding of fact that one of the parents is unfit. I am dealing with an alienator, I am going on 7 straight years with zero contact, and the child will be 16 this year, I have only seen him a hand full of times.

[cowgirlradio]

The unfortunate thing is that family court judges can get away with whatever they want; no jury, no discipline, etc.  In my state the Judicial Discipline Commission has told me that even judges lying or adopting dishonest court orders written by the attorney for one side is not misconduct.  Judges, even at the appeals level have told me that following the law is 'not an appropriate use of our time' or 'beyond the scope of our duty'.  You can represent yourself in family court matters, with  most of the law available on line, and court support staff for domestic matters, e.g. in Colorado, the family court facilitator.

[Mrjones-edhi]

This happened to me in 2018 i couldn't give any testimony yet they let my ex talk about allegations i couldn't even defend myself. So i can say i was cheated.

[rarebloom]

Someone, please provide us a list of all the legal cases mentioned along with the year as stated in the video.