A Do-It-Yourself Lesson: Obtaining Important Information

(Contributing writer: Jaynee Beach and parental alienation teleconference guest speaker.) One of the issues many people are faced with during a high conflict divorce and child custody situation is obtaining important information. This information may include...

Family Court Dinner Party Insight

An interesting discussion was had, via email, with one of our colleagues who happens to be fairly well-connected, through her work, to major players in one small corner of the family court world.  Below is an interesting, single insight into the thoughts of judges and...

Post Divorce Points of View: Marriage Today

In today’s edition of the joint Post Divorce Points of View column by Michael Ambrose and Lee Block, they discuss the state of marriage today and how the institution of marriage is adversely affected by a host of societal issues. Have laws, the problems with the...

Post-Divorce Points of View: Parental Alienation (Part 3)

In Part 3 of our three-part discussion on Parental Alienation, Lee Block and Michael Ambrose discuss different approaches when in the midst of parental alienation and some expectations in the aftermath of dealing with parental alienation. Here is an excerpt: Don’t...

SC: Beaufort County Clerk & Stolen Child Support Enforcement Money

In keeping with the recent spate of theft of child support related funds by those charged with overseeing the massive cash pile, comes a story out of South Carolina. Elizabeth Smith, now “former” Beaufort County Clerk of Courts, has agreed to plead guilty...

IA: Iowa Bill to Expand Protections for Deployed Military Parents

In our earlier post titled, Deployed Military Parents and Adverse Child Custody Impact, we detail several state legislatures introducing bills and passing laws to protect deployed military parents who are divorced from suffering unintended, but very real, child...

Announcement: Our Family Wizard Partnership

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Custody Coach has partnered with Our Family Wizard – a wonderful tool to better manage all child custody matters after divorce. At Mr. Custody Coach, we’re always researching ways to help to improve the toughest...

Understanding Intracacies of Child Custody Cases

Each year, hundreds-of-thousands of children see their families altered by the pain of divorce.  Child custody matters are the most numerous in our family court systems today.  Every child custody case is unique and complex.  They are affected by parents’...

TX: Attorney General’s Child Support Division Corruption

With the gargantuan size of the child support industry, it almost goes without saying that the system has plenty of people who would seek to take advantage of the flood of money that flows through child support collections offices. One of several recent reports...

Post-Divorce Points of View: Parental Alienation (Part 2)

Lee Block and I will continue our parental alienation discussion via our jointly authored Post Divorce Points of View Column at her website: The Post-Divorce Chronicles. An excerpt from our Part II installment on parental alienation: In additional to false accusations...