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Child Custody

Six DOs to Improve Communication During Divorce Litigation and in Parenting the Children After the Case is Closed

On Behalf of | Aug 9, 2012 | , ,

During pending or after completed domestic litigation (i.e. divorce, paternity, custody matters), communication between parents/parties is often extraordinarily challenging for most well- intentioned parents. Many times, a breakdown in communication was a central cause of the underlying problem relationship to begin with, increasing with the stressors of litigation. Although complex and often frustrating in that parties successful communication often means…

The Public School vs. Private School Debate Regarding Child Custody

On Behalf of | Aug 2, 2012 |

How to Decide What School Children Will Attend The Public vs. Private Debate Another school year is quickly approaching, if not already started for most children. With the ringing in of the 2012-2013 school year, conversations regarding children’s schooling and where children will attend school come to the forefront in domestic law cases. Where a child will attend school is…

Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite

On Behalf of | Jul 19, 2012 | , ,

The Bed Bugs Epidemic and What Parents Can Do About It In The Custody Context In the last several years, an old enemy to the American (and individuals and families across the world throughout history) family has re-emerged on epidemic proportions: the lowly bedbug. Any issue that impacts any large segment of our society will ultimately present itself in the…

The Importance of a Proper Consent to Adoption

On Behalf of | Jul 17, 2012 | ,

Ensuring the Children’s Best Interests In many of our previous blog posts, we have explored the determination of a child being CHINS (a Child in Need of Services)1, TPR (Termination of a Parent’s Rights)2, and adoption3. Ultimately, all of these cases that involve where children are placed when the parents have legal issues impacting their ability to parent are governed…

The Top Five Common Types of Evidence to Establish De Facto Custodian Status: How to Prove Care and Financial Support

On Behalf of | May 31, 2012 | ,

As noted in other blogs by , as the dynamics of a family shift, so do the legal issues facing the family. Often, child care and financial support is given by grandparents or other family members if the biological parents are either unable or unwilling to raise their children. Biological parents may place the responsibility in the hands of others…

How to Modify Legal Custody

On Behalf of | Apr 5, 2012 | , ,

An observation attorneys make is the nature, scope and complexity of facts that arise in child custody modification cases are often as diverse as the controlling statutes and case law. Thus, trial courts have wide latitude to decide these matters; subsequent modifications have a tendency to, or perception of, unsettling the child(ren) and are more difficult to accomplish than the…

When Does a Trial Court’s Order of Increased Parenting Time Equate to a Modification of Custody?

On Behalf of | Apr 2, 2012 | , ,

One rather complex issue is what evidence a parent has to put on at trial to receive more parenting time. Is this burden different from a physical custody modification since the net result can be deemed a change in how much time a child spends with the non-custodial parent, including more overnights, up to equal time? As advocates with a…

What You Don’t Know In A Divorce Might Hurt You: The Three Biggies

On Behalf of | Feb 9, 2012 | , ,

Contractual Obligations, Child Support and Income Withholding, and COBRA Unlike the larger body of civil law, domestic relations has mostly grey statutory provisions that are equitable as much as they are legal. The reason for this is life is anything but organized and linear. It is messy and filled with emotions ranging from happy to sad. A trial court, by…

Establishing De Facto Custodian Status With Infants And Toddlers: The Evidence

On Behalf of | Feb 3, 2012 |

Few topics pull at the heart strings of adult children, grandparents, friends, relatives and other third parties more than providing for and protecting a child they have bonded with. Courts, lawyers, psychologistsi and guardiansii (daily) struggle with how to best resolve disputes between them over physical custody in paternityiii and divorceiv cases, follow constitutional imperatives and meet the best interests…

Interference with Parenting Time: Is This a Basis to Modify Child Custody

On Behalf of | Jan 31, 2012 | , ,

Perhaps. Yes. No. Maybe. The answer is driven by the facts. Even with the most caring parents committed to making post-divorce parenting work, disputes and disagreements are common with the other parent’s right to reasonable parenting time. At we frequently receive questions about denial of the first right of refusal to be the caregiver when the possessory parent is unavailable…

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