I personally had my ex husband try to take custody of my daughter by using my adult industry employment. We had to speak to a court appointed mediator before we had our court date. Both the judge and mediator were very conservative women.
At mediation, when my ex was given the floor to speak, he of course said many cruel things about me in relation to my choice of work and the environment it can create while I sat there in shock at his details. When his ranting was finally over, the mediator asked him if he feels I am a bad parent or that I would ever put our daughter in harms way.
My ex could only say "No" as that is the truth regardless of my job.
The mediator then asked him why in the world he would spend 10 minutes trying to degrade his daughters' mothe. she told me my industry choice is more of a personal morals thing not a law thing and not her place to judge and we left the room.
The next day in the courtroom, my ex brought it up again in front of everyone and God and the judge simple asked him if he is in fear that my daughter was in an unhealthy environment or if I am a bad mother per him.
Again, the answer was "No."
The judge then said she didn't understand why he would even bring that up then and he did not get what he wanted.
That was my experience in Southern California a year ago.
