Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

Custody possible for a cheating husband if he's been emotionally abused by wife?

A woman marries a psychiatrist, the problems start immediately. 3 months in to the marriage, she misleads him into getting her pregnant w/o his consent, then does this again 2 more times. She continues to make decisions in the same manner for the duration of the 14 years of marriage, ultimately resulting in running them into debt in the process, despite the husband makes $130k/yr. After years of enduring her constant verbal abuse and many futile attempts to reconcile with her & go to counseling, the husband decides he's had enough. However, now she's accused him of cheating with a patient (after she's gone into his office & stolen 'love letters' from a delusional patient), & tho she as no other real proof, he feels trapped into staying to endure all the abuse out of fear that because he lives in a county that tends to always rule in favor of mothers, he'll lose his children who are now 13, 11, & 9, & no longer be able to protect them from a mother who also verbally abuses them & will likely take her aggression out on them if he leaves. She has been a stay at home mom (also sans approval), but he is very involved with being there for all their children's activities. In this situation, though, does the husband really have any hope?


Asked on 1/05/08, 10:26 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

Re: Custody possible for a cheating husband if he's been emotionally abused by wife?

Custody is always possible. The standard is the best interest of the child. As such the outcome of custody matters tend to be highly fact dependent so how "wins" depends on the facts.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me. The initial consultation is free.

{John}

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Answered on 1/06/08, 1:56 pm


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