Henry Carter Hull

Claire Raphael, primary breadwinner in the family since the failure of her husband's company, stages the fight of her life when she returns home from visiting her dying mother to find that her husband is suing her for divorce, and is demanding alimony, the house, and their children.

Contains effective strategies in addressing custody issues such as scheduling problems, value differences, manipulation, and irresponsibility.

Defense attorney Paul Madriani takes on his most challenging case yet, one pitting a negligent mother against her daughter's newly rich grandfather in a nasty child custody tug of war that leads to murder.

"In 2009, Samieh Hezari made a terrible mistake. She flew from her adopted home of Ireland to her birthplace in Iran so her 14-month-old daughter, Rojha, could be introduced to the child's father. When the violent and unstable father refused to allow his daughter to leave and demanded that Samieh renew their relationship, a two-week holiday became a desperate five-year battle to get her daughter out of Iran. If Samieh could not do so before Rojha...