If I have no money, can I still fight for joint custody?
If you have no money, you can still fight for joint custody. I'm not kidding.
It's not that hard. All you need is enough time and energy to know what the law is and how it applies to your situation (which is pretty easy), and then you can use the law to your advantage.
For example, if your spouse uses the money they make from their job to pay for all of their expenses and yours, but pays nothing toward the cost of raising your children, then they are clearly treating you as an ATM machine rather than as a partner in parenting. You could file for divorce on this basis alone!
Or maybe they're making more money than you do, but they're claiming that he or she has higher earning potential because of his or her education level. In this case, although it would be nice if people worked together instead of against each other in order to achieve a better life for everyone involved, we aren't talking about working together here—we're talking about equal contribution from both parties toward shared parenting responsibilities. If this is the case, then there's no reason why both parents cannot have equal access to
It's true that if you're not making money, you won't be able to pay for custody. But that doesn't mean you can't fight for joint custody. In fact, it can be a very good idea to try and get joint custody even if you aren't making money.
Here's why:
-You might be able to get more time with your children if you have joint custody. If you're fighting for joint custody, your ex may be willing to give up some of their own time with the children in order to work things out between the two of you. This could help make things easier on everyone involved.
-You might be able to keep your children from being taken away from you by your ex if they are too young or too young-looking for visitation rights. If they're young enough where they don't know what's going on yet, then it's unlikely that the court will take them away from their parents based on something like an appearance problem alone—unless there's something else going on that would justify doing so (like abuse). In this situation, having joint
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