Shifting from a parenting relationship that’s based on your romantic relationship to one that’s based only on raising the children is a huge challenge for many parents. Finding ways to make the arrangement work is critical if you want the children to thrive. There are...
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Child Custody and Visitation
How can you make sharing custody easier for your kids?
When you have a custody agreement where your child splits their time between two homes, it is easy for problems to arise. If you think back to when you all lived under the same roof, you will remember school mornings could be hectic. Just as you finally had all the...
What do the best interests of the children mean in a divorce?
You have often heard that courts always consider the children's best interests when deciding on family affairs. But, what exactly are these interests? When a couple decides to divorce, the children may end up bearing the brunt of the split. Think about shuffling...
Do you have a healthy co-parenting relationship?
People who have children together never get to fully leave each other alone as long as the children are around and they both want to raise them. For many, co-parenting is the chosen model for working as a team to raise the children. While co-parenting is a great...
How to co-parent in peace
Raising a child with someone who is no longer your partner, or perhaps never was, can be challenging. You may have different views on bringing up your child, and you may have an intense dislike for one another. However, you still need to work together if you want your...
3 things to know before vacationing with your child after divorce
Planning vacations with your children can be challenging when your divorce is fresh. If your divorce became hostile, your spouse might see disrupting your travel plans as a way to get back at you. Even if your divorce went fairly smoothly, your ex-spouse may have...
How child visitation works – part 3
In two previous posts, the subject of child visitation was addressed, including the basic criteria looked at by the court, the different types of visitation, and some specifics concerning supervised visitation. Now we will examine the other side of the process: how...
How child visitation works – part 2
In a previous post, we examined the basics relating to California law and establishing child visitation plans subsequent to a divorce between parents with children. These are the four most-often utilized types of visitation plans: Scheduled visitation. A plan is made...
How child visitation works – part 1
The term “visitation” in relation to child custody arrangements after a divorce can be considered an umbrella term, since visitation covers – and concerns – different issues, different laws, and different parties. Parents going through the process of divorce are...
Paternity determination and fathers’ rights
“We are family” is not only the title of a memorable song from the 1990s. It’s also a phrase spoken or thought by nearly everyone at one time or another. But what defines “family?” Is it always defined biologically? Or is “family” a term bestowed on people or friends...