Joint or “shared” custody means that both parents are responsible for the raising of their children. Depending on your custody order, you’ll have differing shared parenting time schedules such as alternating weeks, every two weeks or every wee...
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Maintaining a Sense of Normalcy for Kids in a Divorce
If there’s just one thing that many divorcing or separating couples can agree on, it’s the desire to maintain a sense of normalcy for their children. But what’s “normal”? After all, as the novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina, “Al...
Read MoreParental Alienation: What Is it and What Can We Do About It?
It is no secret that child custody disputes can quickly become one of the toughest experiences of any family’s life. Whether it occurs as part of a divorce or if the parents were never married, a custody battle becomes the defining aspect of each p...
Read MoreA Non-Custodial Parents’ Guide to Maintaining a Good Relationship With Your Kids
You can expect that as a non-custodial parent, your relationship with your child or children is going to go through transition after your divorce. While these new circumstances can be unsettling, especially for your kids, there are things you can do ...
Read MoreGrandparents’ Legal Rights to Visitation in Texas
Grandparents who find themselves cut off from a relationship with their grandchildren do have some legal options when it comes to visitation rights. While federal legislation can impact those rights, states typically determine them. What Are the Con...
Read MoreSmartphone Use, Texting & Child Custody Cases
If you’re driving with the kids in the car and someone sends you a message, what do you do? Pulling over in a safe spot to read it or respond to it is reasonable and can prevent you from having an accident. Reading and replying while driving is dan...
Read MoreOvernight Stays With Dad Benefit Children of All Ages
Separation and divorce is difficult for everyone in a family, but especially for the children. Even in homes where there was already some discord, it is still hard. When parents separate and start living in separate homes, the children don’t want t...
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