When divorcing, who gets child custody and how much child custody time will they receive? Who will be responsible for making the major decisions that affect the child’s life as they grow up? What arrangements will be made for intact or broken families in the event of an untimely death of both parents? These are [...]
No one keeps track of how many men or women commit suicide in the aftermath of a decidedly unjust child custody hearing outcome. In another situation that is becoming all-too-common amongst gay and lesbian couples who opt to become parents, when the relationship dissolves, the battle becomes over the child(ren). And when you’re dealing with [...]
Without a doubt, there is no excusing much of Mel Gibson’s outrageous behavior over the last few years. Most recently, the almost unbelievable voice mails left for his estranged girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, left many wondering if Mel Gibson couldn’t stand to learn a lesson or ten about low-contact with a high-conflict ex girlfriend in a [...]
Though times are changing in divorce and family court, they’re changing quite slowly. While mothers still get considerable favoritism when comes to primary and sole custody – even when dad is a fit, available, involved, loving and caring parent, too often it still doesn’t matter. Shared parenting does work in cases where logistics allow it [...]
It’s not uncommon to hear threats of never seeing your children again during a high-conflict divorce and child custody dispute. When a marital relationship (or any relationship) is splintering for any number of reasons, the level of contentiousness and acrimony rises to unbearable levels. One or both parents may be inclined to push the hottest [...]
Extremely stressful and emotionally charged, few things will challenge an adult in life that the child custody case that invariably comes with the dissolution of the marriage. It shouldn’t have to be this hard. You shouldn’t have to lobby a court for the right to parent your children and to be a meaningful, integral part [...]
How often have you heard that about someone’s child custody order? How often have you said that about your own child custody order? We’re guessing it’s probably no surprise to anyone that this phrase or something similar is hardly uncommon in parenting agreement circles. The questions to ask are: Is this issue one of a [...]
Building meaningful relationships with important people increases your chances of success in all facets of people’s lives. If you’re going through a high-conflict divorce and child custody matter, you’ll need to recognize that there is likely no greater arena where building and maintaining good relationships with important people is one of many ways to improve [...]
When you are surprised by an action of divorce and custody, which is often the case, much of the nastiest blind-sides come early in the process. False allegations of domestic violence, child abuse, or some combination thereof are the most frequently used tactic to gain a “strategic advantage” when there are children involved and a [...]
From the article Divorcee Moving to Florida with Children we read: ‘A Suffolk County judge ruled a mom who wants to move with her two kids to Florida can only relocate after arranging for video conferencing between the children and her ex-husband. Debra Baker – “at her own cost and expense” – must provide the [...]
