Under any circumstances, parents who choose to raise a child separately may face difficulty agreeing on custody and parenting arrangements. However, for an unwed father, seeking parental privileges and custody rights involving your child may prove quite difficult....
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Child custody and parental relocation
When parents who live together choose to divorce or split up, one parent often moves out of the family home to a separate dwelling. While this is certainly a practical choice in most cases, it may seriously impact future custody decisions. If you recently moved out of...
What justifies a protective order?
If you experience abuse in an intimate relationship or family interaction, you may have grounds to seek a protective order to keep yourself safe. In fact, you may have more grounds than you realize to seek out this protection, as courts now recognize numerous forms of...
Protecting your child’s needs during divorce
The end of a marriage is rarely easy or simple, but the emotional and practical strains increase exponentially when divorce involves children. Sadly, children are often the ones who carry emotional burdens from a divorce into adulthood, even when parents do not want...
Virtual visitation for parents
These days, parents have a few more options than previous generations when it comes to custody and visitation, including virtual visitation. Virtual visitation is still relatively new and is not prescribed in every instance, but many courts now recognize that the...
Every couple should consider a prenuptial agreement
With a wedding on the horizon, a prenuptial agreement may seem like a distant priority or may even seem distasteful to consider for many couples. These are normal things to feel as you prepare to share the rest of your life with someone, but they are still misguided...
Divorce may allow early access to investments
Divorce is often a challenging, uncomfortable period of time in the best circumstances, even if it is a relief. However, it is also possible for divorce to offer a number of opportunities to savvy spouses who use some of the specific functions of divorce to their...
Avoid common mistakes after being served with a protective order
Have you been served with a temporary protective order, also called a restraining order?It's frustrating. You're already being treated like a criminal and you haven't even had your day in court yet. The order goes into place immediately and bars you from things like...
Domestic violence and child custody decisions
When you and your child's other parent share custody, you may have reasons to believe that your co-parent acts violently toward your child during their time together. Whether this is because of physical evidence, seeing the violence take place, or hearing about it...
Is A Stress-Free Divorce Possible?
Yes, divorce can be tough. However, there are ways to eliminate the stress from the divorce process, making it easier not only for you, but for everyone involved. That is the subject of the new book, Stress-Free Divorce Volume 4. Conversations With Leading Divorce...