Parenting agreements (custody agreements) are those legal agreements regarding the legal and physical custodial arrangements pertaining to the children after a divorce or extended period of separation. While parents are almost always the the parties named in child custody agreements, grandparents, family members, or other guardians may have the right to seek child custody under [...]

Joint legal custody is the legal term used to describe both parents sharing the rights and responsibilities of caring for children after a divorce or relationship split. Joint legal custody means that the major decisions about the child’s life are made by both parents. These major decisions may include those about education, health and dental [...]

Morality clauses are interesting to us and can also introduce a new arena for high-conflict in custody agreements. While no-fault divorces are the norm in this country, it goes without saying that many are caused by infidelity. Therein lies the conundrum, particularly when one party (or both) may have strayed during their marriage, it’s often [...]

The Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a lower court decision barring an Idaho mother from moving to another state after her divorce. Overruling a lower-court’s opinion that it was detrimental to the child’s well-being for Aneka Allbright to unilaterally move-away with her new husband to Michigan from Idaho – The Supreme Court in that state [...]