Your child looks forward to their birthday every year. Usually, the whole family gathers to celebrate and shower them with presents and lots of love. This year, however, things are different because of your divorce. How can you make the day special for your child now...
When you work many long hours, you may think that it will be impossible for you to have any respectable amount of custody of your children. Realistically, the courts like for parents to split custody as evenly as they can, because they recognize that children need...
The aim of a custody arrangement is to do what is in the child’s best interest. The needs of a child still in diapers will be very different from one in high school. The general rule is that a custody agreement should allow the child to maintain regular contact with...
When parents divorce, they have to figure out an appropriate way to share parental rights and responsibilities. The exact division of parenting time that they have may be the result of direct negotiations with one another or litigation. In either case, once the courts...
Parenting plans can be basic and streamlined, or they can be very detailed and thorough. The relationship you currently have with your co-parent will have a strong influence on the way that you structure your parenting plan. You may include many rules, or you may...
If there are two issues that married couples with children fight about the most, those issues are probably what happens to their house and how they share parenting time. Some parents take an aggressive, winner-take-all approach to this process that damages their...
These days, pretty much everyone has a social media profile. After a long day at work, it is not unusual to find yourself scrolling through your Facebook timeline or catching up with your friends’ photos on Instagram. It is also not unusual to create a post or two, or...
Orders issued by the court around parental allocation time and responsibility are not permanent. Recent developments may warrant a change or revision of the current custodial arrangement to suit the current times. However, such changes or modifications must be based...
Divorce typically takes its toll on the emotional well-being of both spouses. It can be even more difficult if you are parents, as you have your kids to worry about too. Children may not find the divorce process or post-divorce transition easy to deal with. As a...
Once the divorce process is through, leaving your kids behind and moving out can be one of the most heart-wrenching experiences. Working out a parenting plan that fits your work and life schedules can be extremely beneficial to everyone, and more so to the kids. A...