Custody Battle Nightmare

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Sal's 7-year-battle to get custody of his son is an example of how shack-up relationships damage kids. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.3	Sal, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call.
0:16.5	You're very welcome. What can I help you?
0:25.6	I've got a lot of mixed emotions. My wife's been listening to you for a long time, so she told me to schedule a call with me.
0:32.6	So I've been in a custody battle since 2018, and it's finally been resolved last week.
0:41.3	A kid has been in the middle of a war for seven years?
0:46.5	Yeah.
0:47.1	What the hell is that?
0:49.4	So the mother has been alienating me.
0:52.8	I mean, from seeing my son, and it's just been a nightmare.
0:57.9	And then with COVID, it pushed it back more.
1:00.1	Everything was through virtual visits.
1:02.6	And so now I've been through rejuification therapy with him.
1:08.0	We also got an, I got a J.
1:10.1	GAL for him. So we can. I don't know what, what's a GAL.
1:14.8	What's a GAL? What's a GAL? A guardian ad litem. Oh, that's right. It's like the lawyer, it's like a lawyer just for
1:20.2	my, no, I know what it is. I just, I always heard the words all the way out, sorry. And what's this
1:25.5	therapy thing you went through? What is that called?
1:27.8	What is that about?
1:30.5	Re-junification therapy.
1:31.7	It's like reuniting us together.
1:34.2	Reunification.
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