Decisions to be made by the client, and by the divorce and custody attorney
It is always important for me to have a clear understanding with clients about our respective roles. I often use the analogy of airline pilot and a passenger: I'm like an airline pilot -- I am "in charge" of getting to the destination, my client is like an airline passenger, and is my source of detailed information on what destination (goal) should be pursued. I must decide how to achieve those goals -- to get to the client's destination. So, just like a passenger on a airliner can't come into the cockpit, grap the steering yoke and try to fly the plane, my client can't be "in charge" of the case. For example: Does my client want to have his child live with him? Get the child back from another state? Prevent ongoing interference with his parenting time? Make a parenting schedule more clear, prevent misunderstandings about school and health decisions, or otherwise lower the volume and temperature of the case? Or are there safety concerns, an