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do guardian ad litems usually recommend 50/50 custody?

in a case where both parents love their kids but one parents home may be slightly bigger and more room and less cluttered and has safety gates cabinet latches and all that stuff. that parent and spouse have 2 cars pay their bills on time , no government assistance and in general are financially stable and have a pretty good family support network that the kids see grandparents and such with then the other parent currently has custody but they have a small single wide mobile home for 2 adults and 4 kids, a cluttered house (not dirty with food everywhere just lots of junk) continues to get cars repossessed, has had elec turned off, eviction notice for not paying rent, gets food donations from church since cant afford food at times has phone and cable turned off cause cant pay bill. also don't take kids to dr cause they cant pay the co-pmt for the visit or for medications nor if they don't have a car at the time cant get there. also have lied to other parent saying they took child to dr when child was ill but medical records prove that they never did take the child to the dr like they said. and 2 year old had cavities and knew knew but didn't get them fixed while on medicaid ( free to fix) and when the child was almost 5 child complains about teeth parent still wont take them since now child is on other parents insurance so would have co pmts they cant afford. and when gets notice saying they are being taken to court for child custody they finally take child to dentist and dentist says child now has 3 cavities and no signs of previous dental work so that is proof they never took care of previous cavities when child was 2. and parent recently had a transplant is on disability. in neither house is there any drugs, smoking or alcohol, don't think kids are being beaten but get a little more physical discipline than they should but one child has said they get hit in mouth if they say something bad with the parent that cant pay the bills. would you think a guardian ad litem would recommend 50/50 custody? I know they are there for what is best for the kids and it is usually best to spend equal time with both parents so would they recommend this in this situation

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1. Yes.
2. There are MANY variables. We cannot answer this question for you - we do not have all of the facts. For example: Every state is different. Every county is different. Every judge is different. (This is based on my current knowledge, information, belief, and life experiences. This was intended as personal opinion, and not intended to be used as legal advice. Please be careful and do your research.)
3. Can't tell without photos of the homes and interviews with both parents, siblings, relatives and neighbors. You should put your efforts into making the child's environment to be in the child's "best interests," not on getting wacky opinions on Yahoo.
4. I would hope everything is looked at concerning how the parent with the trailer is able to provide for said child.It doesn't sound very stable to me.I would think that custody would/should go to the 1st. mentioned parent and the other get visitation.The parent with 4 other children in a small trailer/home is not healthy.Where does the child sleep,eat health foods,safe environment.Most single wide trailer are 2(3?) bedrooms.Sounds pretty full as is now. A major issue I have is that the one parent hasn't taken the child to the doctor/dentist when it was needed.I consider that being neglectful. Just on this little information I would say the first parent should get custody with the other having visitation. (Sorry,just my honest opinion based on what I'm reading.)