Lawyers should not be allowed to drag out a custody battle, so that the child or children involved in the case are grown or almost grown. By filing motion after motion, and never going to trial. This alienates the child or children, and puts a strain on our already strained judicial system.
I myself lost my son to such a situation 23 years ago to my mother here in Spokane Valley WA. My mother's lawyer filed motions to modify, and got a Temporary Permanment Custody Oder that made it impossible for me to ever get custody of my son back. Moreover, we never went to trial. I finally gave up, and now my son hates me and also has a girlfriend that is pregnant and he is unemployeed, and won't go look for a job.
During all this I did raise two other children. They are both doing well.



