If you are involved in a divorce, it can be an extremely stressful time, even if the divorce is uncontested, and not filled with animosity. When you are pursuing an uncontested divorce, the matter of child custody can usually be taken care of by a cooperative agreement, without getting involved in a judicial contest. When a divorce is litigated and filled with anger, however, the question of who is granted custody of the children can become a war zone. If you happen to find yourself involved in this kind of situation, there are a variety of things that you must try to do to help increase the likelihood that you will prevail in your struggle to be awarded custody of your children.