Unless there is a situation that poses a significant threat or some other danger to the children, entities such as family court, guardians ad litem, custody evaluators, etc. really don’t care about moral judgments cast upon your ex-partner.  While there are probably more than a few times where we may question the reality of “best [...]

Without a doubt, an often used and particularly devastating problem during child custody matters are false allegations of child abuse or child sexual abuse. When some malicious parents, driven by hate or personality disorders, acquire a “win child custody at all costs” mentality - false allegations of abuse are often the result. Those [...]

During a high-conflict divorce and child custody situation, it’s not unusual for you to focus only on your own thoughts, opinions, perspectives, etc. You’re unlikely to give an unbiased consideration for the perspectives of others, and most especially your ex-partner. This is understandable. However, it would behoove you to find the inner [...]

The question about whether or not someone needs an aggressive attorney is reasonably easy to answer, but with some significant qualifications.  When you stop to consider that you’re entering into a legal battle over how much parenting time, child custody, and loving interaction that you’ll have with your children for the foreseeable future - it’s [...]

All of the meaningful data that exists currently demonstrates that the most positive outcomes for children as they grow through life are maximized by the involvement of both parents.  Everyone needs to accept that children need active, ongoing relationships with both parents whether a marriage or partnership succeeds or fails.  However, it’s extra critical that [...]

As if there wasn’t enough to concern yourself with in the wake of a divorce and child custody process, you also need to remember that the little things you do or don’t do can have a significant impact.  It can have a significant impact on your child custody arrangement.  It can have a significant impact [...]

Chances are that if you’re here visiting our site, it’s not because you have a cooperative parenting agreement or child custody order with your ex-partner.  However, perhaps you do!  Or perhaps you even believe that after the dust has settled, you and your ex-partner can settle into a child-focused zone where you ultimately can engage [...]

If you want to win child custody and obtain a meaningful share of child custody, you must know that it doesn’t happen by accident.  Additionally, it doesn’t happen just because you’ve obtained an excellent attorney.  It’s the combination of good practices by you during the divorce and custody proceedings, having an educated and aggressive attorney, [...]

Arizona is slated to increase child support levels dramatically - to levels far exceeding some of the worst states in the country.  The details are laid out in a series of posts at Glenn Sacks’ website and covered well by Robert Franklin, Esq.
It appears that the new guidelines up for consideration in the Arizona legislature [...]

Continuing an uptick in the number of bills before state legislations which would offer a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting (50/50 child custody or close to it), we are pleased to see that Massachusetts is considering a bill of its own - House Bill 1400 (<<< Click to review).
Though there are many high profile opponents [...]