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Hi. I'm an attorney representing a father who is a recovered alcoholic. Dry and sober.
His estranged wife filed for "emergency custody" via an Order to Show Cause and accused him of Domestic Violence and alcoholism.
She's an active alcoholic herself.
My question: My law partner and I are arguing whether we can overcome the emergency custody claim of alcoholism. She says that "once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic" and that we will fail in court. And that's despite the fact my client has completed one month of institutional rehabilitation and has a sponsor. I say she's wrong and that his recovery will actually help him with getting custody. Do you think she's right, that a court will ignore a party who USED TO BE an alcoholic and use that as justification to take away his children?
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