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Mississippi Custody

Mississippi custody is easy to understand once you know how the system really works.

Unfortunately what the politicians in Tallahassee tell you about child custody in Mississippi isn't necessarily accurate.

The system isn't anywhere near as fair as they want you to believe.

If you look at the child custody guidelines in Mississippi, there will be references to "primary caretaker" and "more qualified" parent.

What you won't see listed in any of the official guidelines are all the intangible criteria that are actually used to determine child custody in the real world.

And that means if you and your spouse are unable to establish a child custody arrangement, the state will decide where your children live.

The establishment of child custody starts with filing a motion at your local Mississippi county family law courthouse.

At some point, the county assigns a Mississippi custody evaluator to meet with all the parties involved; including the school, doctors, etc.

The county will conduct an evaluation to establish which of the two of you is the best parent for your children.

The process begins with an evaluation performed by an assigned evaluator.

Even better, expect to be subjected to a psychological profile and at the end of this process, the custody evaluator will write a report and submit that to family court.

You'll receive a copy of the evaluation report.

Most people think custody is determined by the judge, well, the fact is custody is established by the evaluator, not a judge.

The judge simply reads the evaluators report and rubber stamps it, because the judge knows almost nothing about you, your spouse, your children, or your family situation.

Because the evaluator has conducted extensive research and issues a report, there's no way the judge will overrule the evaluators recommendation.

In a highly contested dispute, a judge will order the guardian ad litem to protect the children's interests during the custody evaluation.

This person will not decide custody, but will act as a advocate of the children to ensure the children's interests are protected while the parents argue about custody.

The guardian ad litem can be a either a lawyer or social worker as long as they are approved by the court and there are private guardians along with public ones employed by your local Mississippi county.

A private guardian ad litem will charge from $50 per hour to upwards of $400, as opposed to a public guardian who generally charge much less..

It is common for each spouse to share the cost of the guardian.

If the cost of a guardian ad litem is an issue for you, one can be provided free of change.

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