No one could know what is best for your child as much as you do, right? While this may be true, you must still abide by the family court’s decision when it makes child custody decisions. Even though family court judges do not know your kids personally, they know more...

Summer vacations are a time for families to relax and have fun. When parents have divorced, children may get a vacation with each parent. This takes a lot of planning because of the parenting time schedule, but it’s possible to make it work. When you have a child...

Co-parenting requires you and your ex to have a respectful relationship with each other. This isn’t always easy to do, especially when there’s been negativity associated with the end of the romantic relationship. There are many things you can do to improve...

Some people avoid divorce because they are concerned about the outcome of a child custody arrangement. While this is common, many of these fears are fueled by information that is simply not accurate. There are more than a few myths “out there” about child custody in...

Parents who divorce when their children are teens often don’t think they need to give much consideration to a parenting plan beyond the scheduling of whose whom their kids will be in on any given day and how holidays and vacation time will be handled. However, teens...

However blissfully unaware of your marital troubles, your children are, at some point, you will have to break the bad news to them. Doing it before someone else does is crucial, as is doing it correctly. Whether you tell the kids with your spouse or separately, you...

Both the divorce process and life after divorce can be challenging for the children. However, it is important to remember that they are resilient and can soon adapt.  One of the most significant changes for children after a divorce is having two places to call home....

When the court needs to decide how to divide custody between two parents, they tend to focus on what is in the child's best interests. They want to put the children first, in other words, and that sometimes means that they don't necessarily do what the parents would...

Life is constantly changing. Sometimes, the changes can be so significant that the existing custody or visitation arrangement you have with your ex-spouse no longer seems tenable. But with so much at stake, how do you know it is time to petition the court for custody...

As a parent who is going through a divorce, you want to do what is best for your children. It can be difficult to know what to do to make them more comfortable as you work on parenting plans and custody arrangements, but it’s important that you do. Depending on the...