If you’re facing custody proceedings and concerned about how substance abuse affects your parental rights in Wisconsin, understanding that courts prioritize children’s safety when evaluating substance abuse issues but don’t automatically deny custody to parents in recovery helps you recognize both the seriousness of these concerns and the possibility of maintaining custody relationships when you address addiction responsibly. Substance abuse—whether involving alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription medication misuse, or other substances—creates legitimate concerns about children’s safety and wellbeing that Wisconsin courts must evaluate carefully when making custody determinations.
However, having a history of substance abuse or even current addiction doesn’t automatically disqualify you from custody or placement time. Courts evaluate whether substance abuse specifically affects your ability to parent safely, whether you’re in treatment, your sobriety duration, and what arrangements protect children while preserving parent-child relationships when possible. At Renier Hotopp Law Offices, our experienced family law attorneys help Wisconsin parents throughout Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, Green Bay, and surrounding communities navigate custody cases involving substance abuse issues. Our attorneys Lindsay Renier, Anne McIntyre, and Marianne Vos understand how to present evidence of recovery and advocate for custody arrangements that protect children while supporting parents’ rehabilitation.
This comprehensive guide explains how substance abuse affects custody in Wisconsin, what evidence courts consider, requirements for drug testing, how treatment affects outcomes, protecting your custody rights during recovery, and addressing the other parent’s substance abuse.
Companion Article: For information about custody factors generally, read our guide on navigating custody and placement decisions in divorce.
How Does Wisconsin Law Address Substance Abuse in Custody Cases?
Understanding the legal framework helps you recognize what courts actually evaluate.
Does Substance Abuse Automatically Disqualify Parents from Custody?
No, substance abuse history or even current addiction doesn’t automatically disqualify parents from custody. Wisconsin courts make custody decisions based on children’s best interests, evaluating each parent’s ability to meet children’s physical, emotional, and developmental needs. Many parents with past substance abuse successfully maintain custody relationships when they demonstrate recovery, treatment compliance, and ability to parent safely.
Courts distinguish between past substance abuse that’s been addressed and current untreated addiction that creates immediate danger. If you struggled with addiction years ago, completed treatment, and maintained sobriety since, this history alone shouldn’t prevent custody. However, active addiction affecting your ability to provide safe care for children will significantly impact custody outcomes.
What Standard Do Courts Apply?
Courts evaluate whether substance abuse specifically affects your ability to care for children safely including whether substance use impairs judgment or supervision, whether you use substances around children or while responsible for their care, whether addiction prevents meeting children’s basic needs, whether substance abuse creates dangerous home environments, and whether you’re addressing addiction through treatment.
The key question isn’t “Does this parent have substance abuse issues?” but rather “Does this parent’s substance use create safety concerns for children and what is being done to address it?” Understanding how custody decisions work clarifies what factors courts prioritize.
Can Substance Abuse Affect Legal Custody and Physical Placement Differently?
Yes. Wisconsin courts apply the best interests of the child standard under Wisconsin Statute 767.41, which lists factors such as the child’s relationship with each parent, the mental and physical health of the parties, the child’s adjustment to home and school, and any evidence of abuse or neglect. Substance abuse can touch nearly every one of these factors.
Wisconsin also separates legal custody, the right to make major decisions about a child’s education, health care, and religion, from physical placement, which is where the child lives and spends time. Courts may restrict one while preserving parts of the other, depending on how serious the problem is and the parent’s progress in addressing it. If substance abuse has impaired a parent’s judgment so much that they cannot be trusted with major decisions, the court may award sole legal custody to the other parent. Our article on legal vs. physical custody in Wisconsin explains how these concepts work together.
What Types of Substance Abuse Do Courts Consider?
Courts evaluate all forms of substance abuse including alcohol abuse or alcoholism, illegal drug use (methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana despite state legality issues), prescription medication misuse, inhalant abuse, and other substance dependencies. The type of substance matters less than how abuse affects parenting ability and children’s safety.
Some parents assume alcohol abuse is viewed less seriously than illegal drug use, but courts recognize that alcoholism creates equally serious safety concerns. Similarly, prescription medication misuse—even if medications were legitimately prescribed initially—raises significant concerns about impairment and judgment.
What Evidence Do Courts Consider About Substance Abuse?
Proving or disproving substance abuse affecting custody requires specific evidence.
What Documentation Proves Substance Abuse?
Courts consider multiple evidence types including criminal records involving substance-related offenses (DUI, possession, drug-related crimes), drug test results showing substance use, treatment records documenting addiction or rehabilitation, medical records reflecting substance abuse effects, testimony from witnesses who observed substance use or impairment, and child protective services reports involving substance abuse concerns.
If you’re the parent raising concerns about the other parent’s substance abuse, document specific incidents affecting children including times when the other parent was impaired while caring for children, evidence of substance use around children, dangerous situations created by substance abuse, and impact on children’s wellbeing. Understanding what evidence matters helps you prepare effectively.
How Do Drug Tests Work in Custody Cases?
Drug testing is common in custody cases involving substance abuse concerns. Courts can order various testing types including urinalysis (most common, detecting recent use), hair follicle testing (detecting use over longer periods, typically 90 days), saliva testing (detecting very recent use), and observed testing (preventing sample substitution or tampering).
Random testing is more reliable than scheduled testing because it prevents parents from temporarily abstaining before known test dates. Courts often order ongoing random testing for parents with substance abuse histories to verify sustained sobriety. Attorney hourly rates can range up to $500, and your attorney helps you understand testing requirements and respond to results appropriately.
What If Testing Shows Substance Use?
Positive drug tests significantly affect custody. Courts evaluate what substances were detected, concentration levels indicating recent use versus trace amounts, whether use violated court orders or treatment requirements, and whether use occurred during parenting time. Single positive tests might result in warnings and increased testing, while repeated positive tests typically trigger custody restrictions including supervised visitation, reduced placement time, or suspension of placement pending treatment completion.
Can You Refuse Drug Testing?
While you technically can refuse court-ordered drug testing, refusal carries serious consequences including adverse inferences (courts assume you would test positive), findings of contempt with fines or jail time, immediate custody restrictions until you comply with testing, and presumption that substance abuse concerns are valid. If you have legitimate concerns about testing procedures or accuracy, address them through proper legal channels rather than simply refusing testing.
Who Investigates Substance Abuse Allegations?
Beyond testing, courts often rely on neutral professionals. In many cases the court appoints a guardian ad litem to represent the child’s interests. The guardian ad litem investigates by interviewing both parents, speaking with the child depending on age, visiting the home, and reviewing records, and their report to the court carries significant weight.
In more complex cases, the court may order a custody evaluation by a licensed psychologist or social worker. Evaluators look at the severity and history of the problem, the parent’s insight into it, whether the parent has sought treatment, how the child has been affected, and whether substance use has created safety risks. Their recommendations are not binding, but judges give them substantial weight. Courts can also order continuous alcohol monitoring, and school records showing absences or behavior problems that line up with periods of a parent’s substance use can be introduced as evidence.
What Custody Outcomes Are Common in Substance Abuse Cases?
Substance abuse significantly affects custody arrangements courts order.
Can Parents with Substance Abuse History Get Joint Custody?
Courts are hesitant to award joint legal custody when one parent has active substance abuse issues because joint custody requires cooperation and communication that addiction often undermines. However, parents in sustained recovery who demonstrate stability can receive joint legal custody.
Physical placement when substance abuse occurred varies dramatically based on addiction severity, treatment status, sobriety duration, and whether substance use ever endangered children. Possible arrangements include supervised visitation only, unsupervised but limited placement time, substantial shared placement when recovery is well-established, or in cases of very recent severe addiction, temporarily suspended placement pending treatment.
When Is Supervised Visitation Ordered?
Courts order supervised visitation when substance abuse creates safety concerns but maintaining parent-child relationships is important. Supervision might be required when you’re in early recovery with limited sobriety time, when past substance use endangered children, when relapses have occurred, or when courts want verification of sobriety before allowing unsupervised contact.
Supervised visitation can be temporary while you demonstrate sustained recovery or longer-term if concerns persist. Supervision costs money, and the parent with substance abuse issues typically bears these costs. Understanding custody modification procedures helps you understand how to progress toward unsupervised time.
Can Substance Abuse Result in No Placement Time?
In severe cases, yes. If substance abuse is so serious that even supervised contact would endanger children, courts can deny placement time entirely. Factors justifying no placement include severe active addiction with no treatment engagement, multiple relapses despite court-ordered treatment, occasions when substance use while caring for children endangered them, or violent or unpredictable behavior associated with substance use.
Even when denying placement initially, courts typically provide pathways to reestablish contact once parents demonstrate sustained recovery through treatment completion, extended sobriety documentation, and appropriate living situations.
What Conditions Can Courts Attach to Placement?
Courts can make unsupervised placement depend on demonstrated sobriety. An order might require random drug testing, active participation in treatment, and regular reports to the court before overnight placement is allowed. Courts may also use a graduated plan that increases placement time as milestones are met, for example moving from supervised daytime visits to unsupervised daytime visits and then to overnights. True 50/50 shared placement is unlikely unless the parent can show sustained recovery.
When a child is in immediate danger because of a parent’s substance use, the other parent can seek an emergency custody order instead of waiting for the regular court process.
How Does Treatment Affect Custody Outcomes?
Engaging in substance abuse treatment significantly influences custody decisions.
Does Seeking Treatment Help Your Custody Case?
Yes, proactively seeking treatment demonstrates responsibility and commitment to addressing problems. Courts view parents who acknowledge substance abuse issues and engage in treatment much more favorably than those who deny problems or refuse help. Treatment shows you prioritize children’s wellbeing over addiction and are taking concrete steps toward recovery.
If you’re already in treatment when custody proceedings begin, document this through treatment provider letters, attendance records, completion certificates, and sobriety verification. If you haven’t sought treatment, beginning immediately upon learning custody will be evaluated demonstrates responsiveness to concerns.
What Types of Treatment Do Courts Prefer?
Courts favor comprehensive treatment approaches including inpatient rehabilitation programs for severe addiction, outpatient treatment programs with regular sessions, individual counseling addressing addiction, group therapy or 12-step programs (AA, NA), medication-assisted treatment for opioid or alcohol addiction, and ongoing aftercare following primary treatment.
The more intensive and comprehensive your treatment, the more seriously courts take your recovery commitment. Completing 30-day inpatient treatment plus engaging in ongoing outpatient care and support groups demonstrates substantial effort compared to attending a few counseling sessions.
How Long Must You Be Sober?
No specific sobriety duration automatically qualifies you for custody restoration, but courts look for sustained sobriety over meaningful periods. Generally, minimum six months to one year of verified sobriety for initial unsupervised placement consideration, one to two years of sobriety for substantial placement time, and several years of demonstrated sobriety for equal or primary placement.
These timeframes aren’t rigid rules—courts evaluate overall recovery stability including treatment engagement, support systems, lifestyle changes supporting sobriety, and absence of relapse during recovery period. Understanding custody factors helps you recognize what courts consider beyond just time.
How Can You Protect Your Custody Rights During Recovery?
Strategic steps help demonstrate recovery and maintain custody relationships.
Should You Be Transparent About Substance Abuse?
Generally yes, honesty about addiction and recovery demonstrates integrity and responsibility. If you have documented substance abuse history or if the other parent knows about your addiction, attempting to hide it typically backfires when revealed through discovery or testimony. Instead, acknowledge your history while emphasizing treatment, recovery duration, and current sobriety.
Frame substance abuse information positively: “I struggled with alcohol addiction three years ago, immediately sought treatment when I recognized the problem, completed inpatient rehabilitation and ongoing outpatient care, maintained sobriety since, and participate actively in AA. My addiction has been in remission and has never affected my ability to care for my children safely.”
What Documentation Strengthens Your Case?
Document your recovery comprehensively through treatment completion certificates, letters from treatment providers about progress and sobriety, drug test results showing sustained negative tests, attendance records for support groups or therapy, letters from sober living facilities if applicable, employment records showing stability, and testimony from sponsors or others supporting your recovery.
The more objective evidence you provide showing sustained recovery, the more credible your claims become. Understanding custody decision factors includes recognizing that documentation matters significantly.
Should You Agree to Ongoing Testing and Treatment?
Yes, voluntarily agreeing to ongoing drug testing and treatment conditions demonstrates commitment to sobriety and transparency. Courts favor parents who proactively offer to submit to random testing, continue treatment as needed, and maintain recovery support involvement. Voluntary compliance shows you take custody responsibilities seriously and recognize that children’s safety requires verification of sobriety.
Some parents resist ongoing testing viewing it as invasive or demeaning, but accepting testing as part of rebuilding trust protects your custody rights more effectively than resistance.
What If Substance Abuse Allegations Against You Are False?
A parent facing false accusations should document their sobriety early. Voluntarily submitting to drug testing before the court orders it is one of the most effective ways to undermine false claims. Gather character witnesses, keep detailed records of your time with your child, and work with your attorney to challenge the basis of the allegations. Our guide on how to respond to false allegations in a Wisconsin custody case explains how to protect your parental rights.
What If the Other Parent Has Substance Abuse Issues?
When your co-parent has substance abuse problems, protecting children requires strategic action.
How Do You Raise Concerns About the Other Parent?
If you have legitimate concerns about the other parent’s substance abuse affecting children, raise them through proper legal channels rather than simply making accusations. Provide specific evidence of substance use including dates and details of incidents when the other parent was impaired around children, witnesses who observed substance use or impairment, evidence of arrests or treatment for substance abuse, and documentation of how substance abuse affected children.
Avoid labeling or diagnosing. Instead of claiming “My ex is an alcoholic,” describe specific behaviors: “On three occasions in the past two months, my ex picked up the children appearing intoxicated, slurring words, and smelling of alcohol. Our daughter expressed fear about being in the car with him.” Understanding custody disputes includes raising concerns appropriately.
Can You Request Drug Testing of the Other Parent?
Yes, if you have reasonable grounds to believe substance abuse affects the other parent’s ability to care for children safely, request court-ordered drug testing. Courts grant these requests when evidence suggests substance abuse concerns and testing would provide useful information about children’s safety.
However, courts deny testing requests that appear motivated by harassment rather than genuine concern. Present concrete evidence supporting testing rather than vague allegations or suspicions.
What If the Other Parent Refuses Treatment?
If the other parent has substance abuse issues affecting children but refuses treatment, document refusal and its effects on children. Courts may restrict custody or require treatment as a condition of placement time. Some custody orders mandate treatment compliance with periodic verification.
Refusal to address documented substance abuse affecting children demonstrates poor judgment and unwillingness to prioritize children’s needs, significantly affecting custody outcomes.
What Special Situations Arise?
Certain circumstances create unique considerations regarding substance abuse and custody.
What About Marijuana Use?
Marijuana creates complicated custody issues because while legal for recreational use in some states and medical use in others, it remains illegal federally and is prohibited in Wisconsin for recreational use. Even in states where marijuana is legal, courts can restrict custody based on marijuana use if it affects parenting ability, occurs around children, or creates impairment during parenting time.
Wisconsin courts generally treat marijuana use similarly to other illegal drug use for custody purposes regardless of its legal status elsewhere. If you use marijuana medicinally with valid prescriptions, provide documentation and evidence that use doesn’t impair parenting. However, recreational marijuana use in Wisconsin creates custody concerns similar to other illegal drugs.
What If Substance Abuse Co-Occurs with Mental Illness?
Dual diagnosis—substance abuse and mental health conditions occurring together—requires addressing both issues for successful custody outcomes. Courts evaluate whether you’re treating both conditions, whether treatment is integrated or separate, and whether managing one condition supports or undermines managing the other.
For example, untreated depression leading to self-medication through alcohol requires both mental health treatment and addiction treatment. Successfully addressing both conditions demonstrates comprehensive commitment to health and parenting capacity. Understanding mental health and custody provides additional context.
What About Prescription Medication Misuse?
Prescription medication misuse including opioid addiction, benzodiazepine abuse, or stimulant misuse creates custody concerns even though medications were legitimately prescribed initially. Courts recognize that prescription medication addiction is as serious as illegal drug addiction and evaluate it similarly.
If you developed addiction to prescribed pain medication following injury or surgery, address it through proper treatment. Don’t minimize prescription drug addiction as less serious than street drug addiction—courts don’t make this distinction regarding custody safety.
What If Substance Abuse Occurs Alongside Domestic Violence?
Wisconsin courts treat the combination of substance abuse and domestic violence as extremely serious. When both are present, courts may issue restraining orders in addition to restricting placement, and a parent facing both concerns will have a very high burden in seeking unsupervised contact with their children. Learn more about how domestic violence affects custody decisions in Wisconsin.
How Does Relapse Affect Custody?
Relapse is common in addiction recovery but significantly affects custody.
What Happens If You Relapse?
Relapse typically results in immediate custody restrictions including suspension of unsupervised placement, requirement for supervised visitation only, mandatory return to intensive treatment, and increased drug testing frequency. Courts view relapse seriously because it demonstrates ongoing addiction instability potentially endangering children.
However, how you respond to relapse matters. Parents who immediately disclose relapse, voluntarily seek additional treatment, and take responsibility typically face less severe consequences than those who hide relapse until discovered through testing or incidents.
Can You Regain Custody After Relapse?
Yes, but rebuilding trust after relapse takes time and demonstrated sustained recovery. You’ll need to complete additional treatment, establish longer sobriety periods before unsupervised contact, and demonstrate lifestyle changes preventing future relapse. Multiple relapses make custody restoration increasingly difficult as they suggest inability to maintain sobriety necessary for safe parenting.
Understanding custody modification includes recognizing that circumstances improving allows revisiting arrangements, but improvement must be sustained.
What Resources Support Parents in Recovery?
Numerous resources help parents address substance abuse while navigating custody.
What Treatment Options Exist?
Wisconsin provides various treatment including inpatient rehabilitation facilities, outpatient treatment programs, medication-assisted treatment programs, support groups (AA, NA, SMART Recovery), individual and group counseling, and sober living facilities providing structured environments.
Many treatment programs offer sliding-scale fees or accept insurance, making treatment accessible regardless of income. Don’t let financial concerns prevent seeking help—many resources exist specifically to support parents addressing addiction.
Can You Get Legal Help?
Legal aid organizations sometimes provide free representation for custody cases involving substance abuse. While attorney hourly rates can range up to $500, many attorneys offer payment plans or reduced fees for parents demonstrating commitment to recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will one DUI prevent me from getting custody?
A single DUI doesn’t automatically prevent custody, but courts take DUIs seriously because they demonstrate poor judgment that endangered public safety. Factors courts consider include how recent the DUI occurred, whether children were in the car during the DUI, whether it’s your only offense or part of a pattern, whether you completed required alcohol education or treatment, and whether you’ve maintained sobriety since. A DUI from years ago with no subsequent issues affects custody less than recent DUIs or multiple offenses. However, DUIs involving children in vehicles create very serious custody concerns potentially resulting in supervised visitation requirements.
Can I lose custody if I drink alcohol but am not an alcoholic?
Alcohol consumption alone doesn’t affect custody—many parents drink alcohol occasionally without impacting their parenting. Courts intervene when drinking affects parenting ability including drinking while responsible for children, drinking to the point of impairment during parenting time, alcoholism or alcohol abuse creating instability, or history of alcohol-related incidents (DUI, domestic violence) related to drinking. If you drink socially without impairment or drinking during parenting time, this shouldn’t affect custody. However, if your drinking creates any safety concerns or if the other parent can document problematic drinking patterns, this could influence custody decisions.
What if my substance abuse was years ago and I’ve been sober?
Distant substance abuse history combined with sustained sobriety typically doesn’t significantly affect custody. Courts focus on current ability to parent safely. If you’ve been sober for several years, completed treatment, maintain active recovery support, and have no recent relapses, this history alone shouldn’t prevent custody. Present evidence of sustained recovery including treatment completion documentation, years of negative drug tests, testimony about recovery stability, and evidence of lifestyle changes supporting sobriety. Understanding custody factors helps you recognize that courts prioritize current functioning over past problems that have been addressed.
Can my ex force me to take drug tests even without evidence?
Courts generally require some evidence suggesting substance abuse concerns before ordering testing. Your ex cannot simply request random testing without justification. However, if your ex presents even limited evidence—suspicious behaviors, erratic schedule changes, witness observations—courts might order testing to investigate. If you’re confident tests will be negative, accepting testing despite thin evidence demonstrates transparency and eliminates the issue. If testing is ordered without legitimate grounds, you can challenge the order, though refusing testing often creates worse impressions than simply taking tests and proving concerns unfounded. Attorney hourly rates can range up to $500, and consulting with your attorney about responding to testing requests protects your interests.
What if I use marijuana for medical reasons?
Medical marijuana creates complex custody issues. While some states authorize medical marijuana, it remains federally illegal and prohibited for recreational use in Wisconsin. If you use medical marijuana with valid authorization from another state, courts might view it differently than recreational use, but Wisconsin courts generally don’t recognize out-of-state medical marijuana authorizations. If you have medical conditions marijuana treats, consider whether alternative legal medications exist. If you choose to continue medical marijuana use, document medical authorization, use patterns (not during parenting time or while children are present), and lack of impairment. However, recognize that Wisconsin custody decisions may still view medical marijuana use negatively.
How long do I need to be clean before courts will consider unsupervised placement?
No specific timeframe guarantees unsupervised placement, but courts typically want to see sustained sobriety before allowing unsupervised contact. General guidelines include minimum 6-12 months verified sobriety for initial unsupervised placement, 1-2 years sobriety for substantial placement time, and several years demonstrated recovery for primary placement consideration. However, these are guidelines, not rigid rules. Courts evaluate overall recovery stability including treatment compliance, lifestyle changes, support systems, and absence of relapse. Someone with 8 months sobriety who completed intensive treatment, attends regular support groups, and demonstrates strong recovery commitment might receive unsupervised time, while someone with 18 months sobriety but minimal treatment engagement might not. Understanding custody modification helps you recognize what courts evaluate beyond just time periods.
Can substance abuse change child support?
Substance abuse does not change the formula Wisconsin uses to calculate child support, but it can change placement, and placement time is part of that calculation. If a parent’s placement is significantly reduced because of substance abuse concerns, that parent’s support obligation will typically increase. Our guide to Wisconsin child support law explains how support is calculated.
What if both parents have substance abuse histories?
Courts focus on which parent has made the most progress in addressing the problem and which parent can currently provide the safer home. The court may order both parents to complete treatment and submit to testing. If neither parent is fit, the court may consider placement with a grandparent or other relative. Learn about third-party custody rights in Wisconsin.
Should I raise substance abuse concerns in mediation or wait for court?
It depends on how severe the situation is. If your child faces immediate danger, seek emergency relief from the court instead of waiting for mediation. If the concern is serious but not an emergency, raising it in mediation can be appropriate, as long as any agreement includes protective conditions such as drug testing and sobriety requirements. If you believe the other parent will not honor an agreement, litigation may be needed to obtain enforceable court orders. Our guide on Wisconsin divorce mediation and family court explains how mediation works.
Understanding how substance abuse affects custody rights in Wisconsin requires recognizing that while courts take substance abuse seriously due to legitimate safety concerns, parents in recovery can maintain meaningful custody relationships when they demonstrate sustained sobriety, treatment compliance, and ability to parent safely. Substance abuse history doesn’t automatically disqualify parents from custody—courts evaluate whether current substance use affects parenting ability and children’s safety.
Evidence courts consider includes drug test results, treatment records, criminal records, witness testimony, and documentation of substance abuse affecting children. Drug testing is common in custody cases involving substance abuse, with various testing types detecting use over different timeframes. Positive tests trigger custody restrictions while sustained negative results support custody restoration.
Custody outcomes vary dramatically based on addiction severity, recovery status, and sobriety duration, ranging from supervised visitation only to substantial shared placement when recovery is well-established. Engaging in comprehensive treatment significantly improves custody outcomes by demonstrating commitment to addressing problems. Parents should document recovery through treatment certificates, test results, and provider letters while agreeing to ongoing testing and treatment conditions.
When the other parent has substance abuse issues, raise concerns through proper legal channels with specific evidence rather than vague allegations. Courts can order testing and restrict custody based on documented substance abuse affecting children. Special situations including marijuana use, dual diagnosis, and prescription medication misuse require careful navigation. Relapse significantly affects custody but parents can regain custody rights after relapse through sustained recovery.
At Renier Hotopp Law Offices, our attorneys help Wisconsin parents navigate custody cases involving substance abuse, whether presenting evidence of recovery or documenting concerns about the other parent’s substance use. Our attorneys Lindsay Renier, Anne McIntyre, and Marianne Vos understand both the legal and practical aspects of substance abuse custody cases and provide strategic representation protecting parental rights while prioritizing children’s safety.
For more information about custody decisions, read our companion article: Navigating Custody and Placement Decisions in Divorce.
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