The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
Strong, Trial-Ready Advocates Protecting Your Rights
All seasoned family law attorneys, judges, and related professionals, such as parenting coordinators and therapists, have worked with parents who simply cannot get along and reach agreement on simple things. Appellate cases report parents who make parenting with their children a “battleground.” Often this becomes acute with face-to-face transitions of the kids. Sadly, some parents have to have these supervised…
Psychological research evidences divorce has many parallels with losing a loved one to disease or age. At , we observe the “perfect” divorce is one that untangles and disconnects the parties from each other completely. Then the grieving process can begin and, over time, the parties can move on in productive directions, being even better future spouses if they learn…
“In the throws of passion, we made a sex tape. Does this have any bearing on child custody in Indiana?” Probably not, despite the fact it may be embarrassing. At the broadest level, the Indiana Rules of Evidence only allow “relevant” evidence to be introduced into any given legal case. At we are presented with racy photos or sex tape…
“I lost my job and have no income; does child support automatically stop?” No. Under Indiana law, child support continues at the amount it is ordered to be paid until another order of the trial court issues. For this reason, it is critical that a person who loses his or her job file a petition to modify child support at…
“Do I need to do anything under Indiana law if I am a parent and have to relocate with the children I have custody of?” Yes. Under Indiana law, a Notice of Relocation must be served by the custodial or non-custodial parent even with a local move in Indiana. This must be filed at least ninety (90) days before the…
This is a very complicated question with answers that turn on detailed factual analysis. As a general legal rule, if one domestic party to a conversation in Indiana consents to its recording, it is lawful to do so. However, if this crosses state lines the analysis may change. However, there are numerous exceptions to the controlling State and Federal Law.…
A custody, parenting time and relocation evaluation may be requested and ordered by a domestic court where any of these contested matters are at hand: child physical custody (its initial determination or modification); legal custody, parenting time, and/or relocation. Such evaluations are a vital tool (of many) to consider in any given custody issue. At we often find the place…
At we believe custody evaluations sometimes play a vital role in the preparation of a client’s case to facilitate it settling, typically in mediation, or to make it the best it can be for trial. The lynchpin of a custody evaluation is the evaluator’s consideration of collateral material. In basic terms, collateral information is what allows the evaluator to ascertain…
“We love each other, but are not married and want to make sure we do it right and give our baby the dad’s name.” At Dixon & Moseley, we have handled virtually every type of Indiana paternity case, from the straightforward in establishing paternity to the novel and unusual, such as challenging DNA results. The area is fairly technical since…
Parenting Coordinator questions are frequently asked of attorneys. To understand the answers, some history of custody and visitation (now called parenting time) is in order. Less than 20 years ago, one parent was awarded physical custody by the trial court, and the other visitation. Most courts (in all counties) merely followed the Marion County Visitation Guidelines. The non-custodial parent had…