Today I had a frantic phone call on a Sunday afternoon from a client who had a major fight with his wife and thought his entire custody deal was going to fall through, and it might. However, my first statement to him was to take a deep breath and take a step back. There would always be time to have a full blown custody trial, but there was only now the time and ability to stop a custody battle from happening. He needed to relax and not jump off the deep end just because his wife was angry and threatening him. Unfortunately, that is not unusual in divorce cases. Spouses get mad and they threaten each other. So do the attorneys. That is just the way it is.
However, it does give me a chance to make sure clients understand that a divorce case, and especially a custody case, is a marathon, and not a sprint. Slow down, take a deep breath, and often times cooler heads can prevail. That is my job. To get people to settle down and act rationally and logically when the whole world is falling down around them and they don't know where to turn. Turn to us for help. That is why we are here.
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