In Creating a Family Rules List, Part 1 – we focused on the toddler to pre-teen years.  In part two, we move into the critical teenage years. The Teen Years It’s generally understood that in the teen years there is a greater understanding of rules and consequences. Child custody tends to be less structured and [...]

Consistency in just about every task parents perform relevant to the children is a sign of good parenting. Today’s world is not like “back in the old days.” It never is. The world we live in is fast-paced and full of technology. It is loaded now, more than ever, with interests that require little or [...]

Another frequent issue that we encounter with people in a high conflict child custody case is settling under duress.  However, the source of the pressure might surprise you.  Very often it comes from one’s very own attorney and is done in tandem with the judge.  The pressure is often applied to a non-custodial parent, usually [...]

Along with a whole host of other details that are often overlooked when it comes to preparing a child custody agreement, is the child custody exchange.  People rarely consider the pitfalls associated with the child custody exchange when your ex-wife or ex-husband is one of the high-conflict variety, but they are important to plan.  For [...]

To everyone who comes here to read and for assistance, guidance, and understanding – everyone at Mr. Custody Coach wishes you a holiday season of peace, love, and joy.  We wish you a holiday season that is free from child custody contentiousness.  We wish you a holiday that is free from drama caused by a [...]

From everyone at Mr. Custody Coach, we wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday. May it be a time of togetherness, family, friends, and lots of love.  May it be free from conflict and give all of you a chance to set aside the child custody litigation, horrible emails and text messages, custodial interference, [...]

A child custody case involving a high-conflict spouse/partner invariably devolves into a fight where both parents believe they are in the right.  The truth is that usually one of them is – that is to say – more in the “right” than the other.  However, the stark reality is that this usually isn’t what matters [...]

As an addendum to our article Selecting a Mediator for Divorce and Child Custody, we’ll summarize the different styles of mediators that you may encounter – or even select using “style” as a basis. One of the most overlooked criteria when people are choosing mediation as a way to resolve divorce and/or child custody matters [...]

Oftentimes selected by the parents or ordered by family court, mediation is another increasingly common stop on the journey to finalizing child custody or a parenting agreement.  The family courts are so packed with litigants nowadays that they are literally looking for new, inventive, and yes – sometimes expensive – ways to keep parents and [...]

There are a number of reasons nowadays why you might want to embark on preparing a draft parenting agreement. State statutes may require the parents to prepare a parenting agreement together or independently of one another. A judge might require each party to prepare a parenting agreement, usually independently of one another. A custody evaluator [...]