When dealing with a Michigan custody battle you need to understand the art of negotiating.
If you plan to give negotiation a try, you will benefit by preparing. The amount of preparation you do depends on the type of negotiation. For a quick chat with the other parent, you don't need to do anything. But if you're planning on elaborate and time-consuming bargaining, you need to do a lot.
As you prepare to negotiate, you'll need to make several decisions.
Who Will Negotiate?
One of the first questions is who will be doing the custody negotiating-you or a third party, such as an attorney or a friend. If you negotiate for yourself, you can be much more flexible in responding to the other side, and you can save a substantial amount of money-usually on legal fees. That's the good news.
The bad news is that you are probably not a skilled negotiator, which means that you won't know how to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your position. You also won't know how to handle the negotiator's dilemma-the inescapable conflict between cooperating with the other side to forge an agreement, while competing with them to secure your personal gains.
What Will You Negotiate In A Michigan Custody Battle?
Next, you must select the issues to negotiate. While there's a natural tendency to limit the bargaining to a few specific items, inevitably that will leave loose ends that can come back to haunt you. Also, if you hire a third party to handle the negotiations, you'll not only have to tell that person what you want, but also all of the facts that bear upon those issues.
When Will You Negotiate?
Finally, you'll have to decide when to negotiate. If you're not ready, or if the other side isn't ready, you won't accomplish anything. Even worse, you may compromise your position by showing your cards too soon. Experienced negotiators know that timing is crucial to success.
"Contemporary divorce law has increasingly recognized the legitimacy of 'private ordering'-the notion that divorced parents should have broad latitude to negotiate their own financial and custodial arrangements... The judiciary functions primarily not to regulate the lives of divorcing families, but instead to resolve those legal difficulties that divorcing parents cannot work out." Says, Eleanor Maccoby and Robert Mnookin, Dividing the Child
These are important factors that should be taken into heavy consideration when dealing with a Michigan custody battle.
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