Category Archives: Child Custody
How Divorced Parents Can Cope When Teens Start Driving
When you arrive at a social gathering with an adorable new baby in your arms, the old folks will wistfully tell you that kids are full of surprises. You probably think that they are talking about the first smiles and first steps, the hilarious mispronunciations and misspellings of common words, and the awful tantrums… Read More »
Does The Court Require Divorced Couples In Palm Beach County To Take Parenting Classes?
In general, the more property a married couple owns, the more complex their divorce will be. Most uncontested divorces involve couples who were married only a short time and do not own real estate property together. Even though the complexity of divorce cases tends to be directly proportional to the parties’ net worth, the… Read More »
What Do Divorced Parents Do When They Aren’t Parenting?
Raising children is an exhausting job, whether you are home with a baby all day every day or whether your kids’ school day ends around the same time as your workday. Every time you clean up one mess, two more arise in its place; it is like playing whack-a-mole, except instead of plastic moles,… Read More »
Your Ex-Spouse Is Not The Only Difficult Thing About Co-Parenting After Divorce
Being a parent to minor children is hard, whether they are babies, high school students, or anywhere in between. Divorce is also hard, no matter your age and whether you have children. It follows, then, that adjusting to a single-parent household is a challenge for everyone, parents and children. It is easy to focus… Read More »
Youth Sports Can Complicate Your Co-Parenting Relationship, But Only If You Let Them
Even if your relationship with your spouse is stable, children’s participation in sports can be a source of stress for everyone. As much as you tell yourself that it is only a game and that the important thing is for your child to have fun, competitive sports can bring out the worst in everyone. … Read More »
How Long Do You Have To Stay Sober Before You Can Get More Parenting Time?
The concept of hitting rock bottom before beginning to recover from substance use disorder is somewhat outdated, but most people enter inpatient treatment centers for addiction with the feeling that things have gotten bad and they want to achieve sobriety before things get any worse. Perhaps parents feel this even more acutely than people… Read More »
Childcare Arrangements And Your Divorce
Divorce is a lot more complicated for couples who have minor children than for couples who do not have children together or whose children have grown up. Money is part of the reason for this, but it is not the whole reason. Even couples who are happily married often disagree about children’s expenses or… Read More »
Will A 2-2-3 Co-Parenting Schedule Work For Your Family?
Many couples enter divorce mediation hoping to emerge with a parenting plan where each parent gets an equal number of days of parenting time, and some of them succeed. Their motivation might be to minimize stress for their children, or it may just be that neither parent wants to give up half of the… Read More »
Your First Holiday Season After Divorce: Survival Tips
One of the differences between childhood and adulthood is that, when you are a child, your anticipation of the holidays is joyful, whereas adults dread the holiday season. When you are unmarried, you are caught between your parents criticizing you about your single status you’re your dating partner thinking you are being too pushy… Read More »
What Happens If Your Ex-Spouse Does Not Follow The Parenting Plan?
Drafting a parenting plan is a big project. It is not just a matter of filling in numbers on a form, such that the children are with you for X days per year and with your ex-spouse for (365-X) days. The parenting plan also includes details about transportation, holidays, and non-emergency medical care, in… Read More »
