The Institute for Child Custody and Relationship Solutions

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1. Approximately 98% of all contested child custody matters never make it through a trial! Question: If the parties do not agree and they do not go through a trial, what happens?
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2.The facts or merits of a child custody case have so little legal value that in most states they are not even considered grounds for an appeal after a judicial determination. Question: What then would be most compelling in a judicial determination?


3. Judges earn judicial credits to hear certain kinds of cases and get no credit to hear other kinds of cases. Question: Does this mean I should learn about judicial credits because I want the judge to hear my case or not hear my case?


4. Did you know Judges on the average order* custody to the father approximately the same percentages of time as they do to the mother, when the same set of established/standard custody determinant circumstances exist. Question: What are those determinants?


5. Approximately 98% of all contested child custody matters never make it through a trial! Question: If the parties do not agree and they do not go through a trial, what happens?

Answer and Rational: [If you selected "E" and for it to be truly correct it must be for the real reason] "Phantom Settlement" is the correct reason. This represents the illusion of agreement because legally there is a settlement and the court can then consider the matter adjudicated or "disposed". While the parties never really, or even pretend outside the court to have agreed, because they believed that the "settlement" represented their true feelings and views but it was a way for them to extricate [to get out of/bring and end to] a never ending cycle of conflict, expense, time and emotionally draining experience not only for themselves but for their child[ren].

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