Custody

2009: Wishing You a Very Happy Holiday Season

Those of us at Mr. Custody Coach want to take the time to wish all of you a very happy holiday season.
Oftentimes, child custody situations leave us varying degrees of upset during special occasions and the holidays are no exception. It is our wish that no matter what your specific situation, you are able to [...]



FL: Paul Martikainen Arrested After Abducting Son

We’ve written previously about the significance of Parental Kidnapping (Child Abduction) and just how common a situation it is.  We occasionally touch on specific instances of parental kidnapping and this story is no exception.
Paul Martkainen was caught and arrested this week after taking his son, Luke Finch, from a supervised visitation.  He left the company [...]



Information About Emergency Child Custody

There are many serious circumstances which may arise that would justify pursuing an emergency temporary change of child custody. Most of these emergency orders are undertaken during “ex-parte” proceedings, which means the other party isn’t present for the hearing.
When the situation crosses state lines, consideration is given in accordance with the Uniform Child Custody [...]



Jesse James & Sandra Bullock Deal with Custody Battle

Another in a long-line of high-profile divorce and custody cases, comes Janine Lindemulder’s fight to obtain custody of her daughter, Sunny James, from father Jesse James.
Sunny has been in the custody of father Jesse James and his wife, Sandra Bullock for the better part of the last year while Janine was serving a stint in [...]



Levi Johnston & Bristol Palin Custody Fight

According to allegations by Levi Johnston, he is suffering some measure of custodial interference by Bristol Palin and/or the Palin family.  This is driving his desire to file for joint custody of their son, Tripp, in Alaska.
If you’ve been following the media and their voracious appetite for scandal, it would appear that neither side is [...]



Shaquille O’Neal’s Divorce & Custody Battle Looms

Interestingly enough, the open line of this People article makes a quip about Shaq “throwing a brick” when it comes to marriage.  I guess it’s too hard to believe that perhaps his wife, Va’shaundya O’Neal has “committed a foul” with how this situation has been handled so far.
We’ll get to watch another high-profile divorce and [...]



“Bird Nesting” as a Child Custody or Parenting Arrangement

The terms “bird nesting” is creeping into the family court, child custody, and parenting arrangement vernacular. We’re not entirely sure why.
Bird nesting is becoming an alternative post-divorce child custody arrangement in which the divorced parents of the children move into and out of the a primary residence while the children stay-put. That primary residence [...]



DC: Protect Our Military Personnel from Custody Changes Due to Deployment

Each day in America, the men and women of the United States Armed Forces - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines - are placing themselves in danger. Serious danger. They do this so that we and the citizens of other countries may have a better life and future.
Often overlooked in these daily fights is [...]



Top 10 Co-Parenting Tips: Low-Conflict Divorce & Child Custody

While we tend to work with people involved in high-conflict circumstances, there are those divorced parents out there who have moved beyond those issues that contributed to the demise of their relationship. These parents work together when it comes to the upbringing of their children and work very hard to disallow any issues from [...]



Radio Show: Dirty Tricks Used in Custody Battles

Our continuing Mr. Custody Coach blog talk radio program has a new show on the schedule for October 7th, 2009.  We will be discussing some of the Dirty Tricks Used in Custody Battles. Live chat will be open and, time permitting, phone calls will be taken so that you may share your experiences and/or [...]