-Child Custody Educational I.Q. Assessment-

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5. Select the best answer below

A) Not at all, children should be insulated from having to choose between their parents

B) Quite a bit, since we're talking about their happiness, their feelings and therefore there opinions and are very important

C) Completely, only children know how each parent really is and who they are most comfortable with, after all we are talking about their sole happiness

D) It depends on how much they have been "brainwashed" and does their preference represent their real feelings

E ) None of the above

4. Select the best answer below

A) Mothers

B) Fathers

C) Whatever the prevailing social trends are at the time

D) They are not prejudiced

E ) None of the above

3. Select the best answer below

A) What they think and feel is best for the child

B) What the weight of evidence supports

C) Which attorney (or pro se, if self- represented) presents the best case

D) Current case law and/or legal precedents

E) None of the above

2. Select the best answer below

A) Over 98%

B) 90%

C) 50-50

D) 10%

E ) Under 2%

1. Select the best answer below

A) What is best for the child

B) What the court expert recommends

C) Whatever the existing arrangement

D) The judge's mood at the time of decision making

E ) None of the above

Click to select question(s)

1. What is the single best and most powerful predictor,
that applies approximately 98% of the time, concerning the
outcome of a child custody dispute?

2. If parties to a seriously disputed child custody matter
cannot agree on anything what are the approximate odds
that they will go through a custody trial?

3. Is a judge who determines child custody matters legally
more compelled to follow?

4. Are most decisions by judges concerning child custody,
prejudiced [biased] in favor of?

5. How much does the children's preference really matter in
child custody disputes?

6. Select the best answer below

A) Completely

B) Mostly

C) 50-50

D) Somewhat

E) Not at all

Optional, Extra Bonus Question:

6. Pretend: you have unlimited amount of free time, along with unlimited financial and emotional resources and,
If: you were able to -- 1) build "the best case in the world" 2) "always win" every time you went to court 3) "prevail" in receiving favorable opinions in all areas [over that of the other parent] from all experts, probation reports etc. 4) have your full day(s) in court and stunningly present a complete and comprehensive case throughout trial [be vindicated, right all wrongs that have been done to you and the children etc.] 5) be awarded sole custody by the court

Then: Would you be satisfied and/or happy for your child?

Disclaimer: Please note these are abbreviated educational answers for informational purposes only, and although accurate, they only provide highlighted aspects of a much more comprehensive and integrated contextual framework. Also, the correct responses and subsequent Explanations do not reflect our professional opinions concerning how we think things should work [or how we would like them to work]; what they do reflect is our professional judgment concerning how things actually work.

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