Category Archives: child custody
When Child Custody Exchanges Become Divisive
The logistical aspects of sharing child custody, even when negotiated within the terms of a parenting plan, can prove challenging for many families. Schedules change as a child grows up. Parents change jobs, and one or both households may move. Thus, navigating how to coordinate the pick-up and drop-off of a child on a… Read More »
Negotiating a Parenting Plan
Parents seeking divorce have a large task in front of them, as they consider, negotiate, and settle on the terms that will govern child custody. Divorce is particularly hard for children, and trying to find the right balance that addresses the desires of both parents to have an active role in the child’s life… Read More »
Options When a Parent Exposes a Child to Drugs
Drug and alcohol abuse are issues that can drastically affect a child’s quality of life, but is a situation a child may not be able to recognize or appreciate for its instability and danger. If child custody is shared, this habit is a true concern that needs to be addressed. Obviously, the issue in… Read More »
New Law Addresses Child Custody in Military Divorce
Trying to balance shared child custody with the responsibilities of being an active member of the military is challenging to say the least. Even when not formally deployed on an assignment, the expectations and schedules a military parent must keep can sometimes affect his/her ability to exercise parenting time. However, when deployment does occur,… Read More »
Termination of Parental Rights
Parenting is one of the greatest joys that most people will ever experience, and the law recognizes the special relationship between parent and child by making it very difficult to remove a person’s parental rights once established. Parents are given a great amount of leeway to decide how to raise their children, including who… Read More »
Obtaining an Emergency Order for Child Custody Issues
When parents initiate divorce or paternity proceedings, unless there is a glaring issue, they likely assume the case will proceed in the normal manner and find resolution through the final decision of a judge. However, child custody presents unique issues that can upend this assumption if one parent feels the child’s life or health… Read More »
Responding to Interference with Child Custody
Coordinating and cooperating with an ex-spouse over child custody is bound to test even the most patient at some point, but most parents are ultimately able to put their issues aside, and do what is best for their child. However, compromise is not always available if a parent is stubborn in his/her belief that… Read More »
Responding to a Child Custody-Related Emergency
Divorced and unmarried parents no longer together will likely both struggle with child custody-related disputes at some point. Even couples in happy relationships occasionally disagree about child rearing, and parents who are estranged have less incentive to work through these issues, allowing disagreements to sometimes escalate. Having a court-approved parenting plan that sets out… Read More »
Options When a Parent Lies to Get Custody
Children are a central component of a parent’s life, and sharing them with another person, especially one that until recently was an intimate partner, is understandably difficult. However, it is rare that a parent is completely blocked from exercising any parenting responsibilities, so reconciling the need for long-term cooperation is usually in the best… Read More »
When Would a Court Give Custody to a Non-Parent?
Raising a child without some help and contributions from family and friends is virtually impossible. Childrearing is a full-time, constant endeavor that requires help from the outside for a parent to fulfill his/her responsibilities. However, when it comes to who has final authority over a child, one or both parents are overwhelmingly the only… Read More »
