You know your co-parent would never harm your child. Unfortunately, you’re not certain they wouldn’t take them without your knowledge or permission. That can and does happen amid high-conflict divorces. Sometimes, parents think they’re righting the wrong of an unfair...
When parents who share minor children divorce, they must make important decisions regarding the children’s post-divorce living arrangements. If they cannot work out a co-parenting plan on their own, then the court will have to intervene. Child custody matters can be...
As divorcing parents start to work out their property division agreement, they sometimes ask their attorneys how they’re supposed to divide their child’s belongings. The simple answer is that they aren’t. Their possessions are theirs, regardless of which of you paid...
Parents have to make a lot of tough choices for their kids – and that includes, at times, important medical decisions. That can be hard enough, but what happens if the parents are no longer together and they can’t seem to reach an agreement over an issue like...
Staying for the kids is possibly one of the most difficult subjects that parents considering divorce deal with. Research shows that 7.6 million parents stay longer in relationships than they would have liked because of their children. Of course, there are significant...
You were ordered to pay child support when you got divorced. You made a lot more money than your ex, and the child was going to live with them most of the time, so the money helped to even out that responsibility. That doesn’t mean you had no time with your child,...
You and your ex-spouse may not agree on a lot, but you do agree that the well-being of your child is more important than anything else. That’s why you're taking crucial steps to create a well-planned child custody agreement. Here are three critical questions you...
If you are divorcing as parents, then the top priority for both you and the courts will be to settle matters regarding child custody. Perhaps you and your co-parent were able to come up with an arrangement amicably. Failing this, the court would have stepped in to...
If you have a child together, the subject of child custody and visitation rights will most certainly arise during the divorce. Often, the court will encourage an arrangement where both parties come up with a custody and visitation plan that works for everyone...
Most people are familiar with what physical custody of the children entails, given that it gets all the spotlight in custody proceedings. Few understand legal custody and what it means when you share legal custody with your co-parent. Legal custody involves the...
