Category Archives: Child Custody & Support
How do Connecticut courts determine child custody?
A divorce is often the most difficult event of a person’s life. It becomes much more difficult when there are minor children involved. If you are dealing with an impending divorce, you may be wondering which factors Connecticut courts take into account when deciding which…
What documents may help parents in child custody hearings?
Child custody cases could become more drawn-out and involved than either parent wishes. Achieving a favorable outcome in Connecticut family courts involves making statements as well as providing evidence that could help the cause, and there are several documents that petitioning parents may need to…
How might you lose custody of your child?
Not every parent in Connecticut is fit to raise a child. If the court deems an individual an unfit parent, that person might be looking at serious consequences. An unfit parent could lose child custody and visitation rights, have their parental rights terminated or have…
Making joint custody work after divorce
During a divorce, one of the greatest sources of fear and anxiety for parents is the well-being of their children, including how often parents will get to see them. With most parenting plans including some version of joint custody, parents in Connecticut have many options…
Notify the state when having child support problems
Connecticut parents who are ordered to pay child support may run into financial difficulties at times that can make it difficult to meet their monthly obligations. However, they cannot simply stop paying child support because that can get them into trouble with the court. Here…
How and why to modify child support
When parents get a divorce in Connecticut, one parent may be required to pay child support to the other. This is a fixed amount that a judge has approved, but it is possible to get a child support order modified in certain situations. Child support…
How to challenge a child custody order
When parents in Connecticut divorce or otherwise end their relationship, a judge will create an initial custody order. In some cases, only one parent will be granted custody of a son or daughter while the other will likely be given visitation rights. However, the noncustodial…
Can child support fund your child’s education?
Your child’s high school graduation can be an exciting time, but if your child has turned 18 it can also be a time marked by a great deal of uncertainty. What if your ex does not support your child’s choice of college or their choice…
Connecticut may make child safety the first priority in custody
Children are the future of our families, our nation and our world. They deserve all of the protections we can give them to assure their safe and constructive upbringing. Good parents rarely have a problem with that. But, the protections that families and the government…
Helping a child adjust to shared custody
Coming to an agreement on custody arrangements is not always easy for both parents. Many custody battles wind up in family court, where the judge makes the decision as to who will have custody of the child. Once an agreement is in place, both parents…
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