Who on earth has that kind of money?? How is that not a complete road block for most kids getting their needs represented?
If you're below a certain income level, the court pays for the custody investigator. Because we were -- together -- over the limit, we would have had to fork up the money and whoever won would get to request of the court that the losing party pay their share back.
That's why my kids spent another 2 years with their abusive alcoholic father -- because I was broke, owned nothing, had my credit card maxed out, and was risking (if I lost) not just getting to pay $10K for the custody investigator but also AXH's lawyer fees, which would have been another $20K. I just couldn't take that gamble.
