Many grocery stores offer customers a rewards card for discounts on items purchased with the card. You may serve a subpoena on the grocery store(s) where you spouse shops to obtain a detailed list of all items he/she purchased, including alcohol. The documentation will also show the date the purchases were made. The court may be concerned there is a problem if there are substantial and repeated purchases of alcohol.
Another effective way to establish abuse of alcohol is by filing a motion to obtain an order requiring your spouse to participate in a Substance Abuse Assessment through TASC. The expert conducting the assessment will consider information you provide, as well as information provided by your witnesses.
I would secure affidavits from all of your witnesses regarding their observations of your spouse's consumption of alcohol, which I would attach to the motion requesting the assessment and would provide to the expert conducting the assessment. I have used this approach in the past and found it to be very effective.
I woud also request that your spouse undergo random weekly testing through TASC for alcohol. TASC tests for the ethyl gluconuride metabolite, which remains in the system for as much as five days after consumption. Positive test results for alcohol after the issue of your spouse's abuse of alcohol has been raised in the case will raise red flags for the court that there is a problem and your spouse's parenting time may be restricted.
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