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YES, this is another blog by attorney on domestic violence and criminal charges.....
NOT every DV case in family law ends up with criminal charges (thank God..)
BUT if your case does, it will definitely likely wreck your custody case, and it will take a lot of work to get it fixed. But YES, attorney can help you fix it over time.
Many cases occur which involve drinking, driving, drugs (the 3 "D's") and it would take time obviously to change this. HOWEVER, this has been done, but the client must do the changing since attorney can only recommend what to do, she can't do it for y'all?
Usually the person charged with the violence is male, but there will be an occasional female. It doesn't matter what gender, if the client is willing to turn a new leaf attorney can help the client. I have seen at least 3 cases where the party who was arrested did in fact, change his/her life for the better. If it wasn't alcohol, but it was drugs, that too can be changed. The client must want it bad enough to do it. Without that, it will not work.
Conversely, a different female client did try and reform but inevitably, she ended up sticking with drugs, even if legal drugs, and she gave up her kids' custody to the dad knowingly. So it depends solely on how much the client is willing to make that effort. It will always be difficult because usually, the person that won't give up the drugs has either an emotional, spiritual, mental or other dysfunction or syndrome, not named, which keeps the client from having the required desire, to overcome some substance abuse. It's not the end of the world, it's just that each person must choose their path themselves. It does help to really think hard about such decisions so you won't end up on a path that you hate for life?
