A common misconception among many people going through a divorce is that a parent’s gender or financial ability will determine child custody. However, it is not the case. The children come before anything else. A family court judge will only issue custody orders that...
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Child Custody And Visitation
What should your parenting plan include?
The parenting plan you create when you divorce will be key to the effectiveness of the co-parenting that follows. To an extent, you will be planning for the unknown as you cannot predict exactly how the next few years will play out. However, the court would expect you...
Is your co-parent ignoring the parenting plan?
The majority of divorces involve at least some disagreements. What’s important is how these disagreements are settled. When both parents are willing to cooperate and compromise, disputes can often be resolved amicably. For parents, the most important aspect to settle...
Why do parents keep the same “house rules” after divorce?
You and your co-parent certainly do not have to have the same rules. Your child custody agreement is going to divide up the time that the children spend in each house, focusing on their happiness and safety. But it’s not going to go so far as to give you a set of...
Minimizing the stress of home transition days for your child
As you and your soon-to-be-ex begin co-parenting across your two homes, you may find that the days where you’re moving your child from one home to the other are the most troublesome. These are likely the days when you have the most direct contact with your co-parent,...
How do you approach visitation when you travel?
When you got divorced, considering how much you travel for work, your ex took over custody of your child. The divorce was fairly amicable, and you both agreed that it would be best for the child to have a more stable living situation. You still want to be involved,...
Don’t forget school breaks when planning custody
If you are divorcing, making time to work will be crucial as you will each need to pay for your own home. Balancing work and childcare can become complicated when the kids are off school. While teenagers may be able to make their own lunch and spend the day hanging...