{"id":1566,"date":"2018-10-05T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonwalsh.com\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2023-07-13T14:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T18:24:06","slug":"wilkinson-walsh-secures-victory-in-pro-bono-custody-and-divorce-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonstekloff.com\/wilkinson-walsh-secures-victory-in-pro-bono-custody-and-divorce-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkinson Stekloff Secures Victory in Pro Bono Custody and Divorce Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C. &#8212; <\/strong>Following a six-day trial, Wilkinson Stekloff associates Cali Cope-Kasten and Hal Brewster secured a favorable judgment in a pro bono custody and divorce case in D.C. Superior Court. \u00a0The Court awarded Wilkinson Stekloff&#8217;s client primary residential custody and joint legal custody, with tiebreaker decision making authority, of her five minor children.\u00a0 The judge also found that Wilkinson Stekloff&#8217;s client was entitled to an equitable lien on all major marital assets and awarded her a monetary judgment of more than a quarter-million dollars, along with ongoing child support that will help her establish financial independence in her new life.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkinson Stekloff&#8217;s client separated from her husband in 2016 after multiple instances of abuse within the family. \u00a0After she filed for divorce, her estranged husband filed a countersuit in which he sought primary custody of their five children, so this is when she started looking into suitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycdivorcelawyers.com\/\">law firms<\/a> in order to assist her with fighting her case. Wilkinson Stekloff took on this pro bono representation as part of its ongoing partnership with the D.C. Volunteer Lawyers Project.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the six-day trial, the Wilkinson Stekloff trial team presented six affirmative witnesses, including the only expert witness in the case, and cross-examined five defense witnesses.\u00a0 Based on this evidentiary record, Wilkinson Stekloff argued that it was in the children&#8217;s best interest for Wilkinson Stekloff&#8217;s client to retain primary custody and receive an equitable portion of the family&#8217;s valuable home, despite her name not appearing on the deed. \u00a0Three months after trial, the Court granted nearly all the client&#8217;s requested relief. \u00a0In her 41-page opinion, Judge Julie Becker credited the testimony of each of the witnesses Wilkinson Stekloff presented, as well as the strength of the Plaintiff&#8217;s arguments, in establishing her findings of fact and conclusions of law.<\/p>\n<p>Cope-Kasten and Brewster led the Wilkinson Stekloff team under the supervision of partner Kosta Stojilkovic. \u00a0The team worked in conjunction with two attorneys from the D.C. 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