Parental Abduction / Parental Kidnapping

When a parent absconds with a child or children in direct violation of a custody order – that is called parental abduction or parental kidnapping.  Under normal circumstances, either parent can literally take their children anywhere they want, any time they...

Do I Need An Aggressive Child Custody Attorney?

The question about whether or not someone needs an aggressive attorney is reasonably easy to answer, but with some significant qualifications.  When you stop to consider that you’re entering into a legal battle over how much parenting time, child custody, and...

Research and Work Your Own Child Custody Case

If you want to win child custody and obtain a meaningful share of child custody, you must know that it doesn’t happen by accident.  Additionally, it doesn’t happen just because you’ve obtained an excellent attorney.  It’s the combination of...

Child Custody – Should Judges Talk to Children More?

Judges meeting with children in the middle of high-conflict divorce and custody cases is not a practice that is encouraged.  However, in some circles, some believe that more judicial discussion with or interviewing of children would lead to better decision-making. ...

Good Parenting and Good Step-Parenting

There is a lot that goes into being a good parent or a good step-parent. Guidance, love, care, good communication, and so much more make healthy parents and healthy children. Establishing appropriate boundaries is also an essential part of a blended family dynamic...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...