Word: komar
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...even that arrangement won't keep the peace for the angriest exes. Some parents never accept the fifty-fifty split and appeal endlessly to the courts for modifications, says Candice Komar, a family-law attorney in Pittsburgh. "They'll say it's in the best interest of the child to change the custody arrangement," she says. "But the truth is, often it's because joint custody is driving these parents crazy. I've had people consult me because they fight over whether their child wears a spring coat or a winter coat--and I'm not kidding...
...tempting to think that when parents fail to compromise, kids should decide for themselves where to live. Yet most courts try to protect children from having to make such choices, partly because parents will try to manipulate them. In Pittsburgh, Komar doesn't often hear testimony from kids younger than 11. "The first thing out of kids' mouths, whether they talk to the judge in chambers or talk to me," she says, "is, 'Don't make me pick...
...CYCLING Michael Barry, Toronto Lyne Bessette, Knowlton, Que. Kiara Bisaro, Courtenay, B.C. Gord Fraser, Nepean, Ont. Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, B.C. Manon Jutras, Montreal Seamus McGrath, Millgrove, Ont. Lori-Ann Muenzer, Edmonton Susan Palmer-Komar, Hamilton, Ont. Marie-H?lene Premont, Ch?teau-Richer, Que. Alison Sydor, Victoria, B.C. Eric Wohlberg, Levack...