That might depend on whether the lawyer did the best he could. I suggest you contact the county bar association about this. See the link below for learning how to hire an attorney.
One can use a custody lawyer for many reasons but the most prominent one is when one is fighting a case about a child. You can always go to your local court and seek information on current custody lawyers.
If the father is doing something illegal, hire a lawyer. if he's not,there's really nothing you can do. sorry. :(
You can if you get a lawyer and go to court to prove you should have legal custody of the girls.
First hire a lawyer, then apply for legal custody.
a child custody lawyer is the same thing as a child advocate lawyer sort of. they are just children lawyers that fight for the child that is involved in an issue. so you have to get your degree in child advocate lawyer but you have to major in something, the best thing to major in would be social work or phycology.
You should expect your wife to have her own lawyer.
You should discuss that with your lawyer. If she asks for your spouse's phone number and you have doubts then ask her why she would need it.
This is interpretive see links below
If he does not have a court order for visitation or custody he can't take him anywhere. If he has partial custody he can take him out as long as it's in agreement with the custody order. He can't take him as in moving away. You should ask your lawyer who knows more about your case.
Talking to his lawyer would be the best idea. You can then return to the judge and appeal that the order is not being followed, so perhaps custody should be changed (provided you can prove that you are responsible enough).
There are a wide variety of child custody lawyers in New York City. A good place to start looking for a lawyer that suits your families needs is the internet. Utimately, you should meet with the lawyer before hiring them to be certain that you are comfortable with their personality.
The best, easiest, and safest way to do this would be to get a lawyer(one that knows custody cases), have them draw up the papers, you and the father both sign them, and the lawyer will file them and get the judge to sign them. Should take no more than 6 to 8 months at the most.