Many clients overlook the importance of a first consultation with their New Jersey Child Custody lawyers. This is the first opportunity to tell your lawyer everything regarding your financial background and any specific facts that might impact on the outcome of your child custody case. For example, it would be important to disclose the use of drugs, or any alcohol problems. Since the discovery process during your divorce (or child custody) case will enable your spouse to determine if any of these facts bearing on your pre marital history, the withholding of this information from your attorney will harm your case when your attorney is in the middle of working on your custody case. Remember, if you are going to throw mud, you have to be prepared to deflect the mud that is going to be thrown at you. Moreover, the withholding of any important information including financial data may have a serious negative impact in the division of property and the award made for support.
Remember that the withholding of important information could form the basis for seeking any agreement reached to be set aside based upon fraud. In addition, your credibility is at stake and the judge can determine that all of your testimony is unbelievable if you are caught in just one lie. This is called, "false in one, false in all". Either way, the other attorney will have a field day when it comes to cross examination.
Atlantic County Child Custody Lawyers
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