{"id":11658,"date":"2018-09-11T17:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefamilylawcorp.com\/?p=11658"},"modified":"2018-09-11T17:08:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:08:23","slug":"how-custody-decisions-are-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefamilylawcorp.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/11\/how-custody-decisions-are-made\/","title":{"rendered":"How Custody Decisions Are Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row \"><div class=\"wpv-grid grid-1-1  wpv-first-level first unextended\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" id=\"wpv-column-3e041548566402c06c218ab5c558a503\" ><p>&nbsp;<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<h2 class=\"text-divider-double\">\t\t\t\nHow Custody Decisions Are Made<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h2>\t\t<div class=\"sep\"><\/div>\t\n<div class=\"row \"><div class=\"wpv-grid grid-1-1  wpv-first-level first unextended\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" id=\"wpv-column-0f9adbe8c48320b9f8000467b06b3071\" ><p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: 'Roboto','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.6px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">In any situation where child custody rights<\/span><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: 'Roboto','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.6px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> are at issue, a number of key questions are raised. 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