Your parenting plan or custody order creates a specific set of rules for you and your ex. It explains how much time you have with the children and how you share decision-making authority until they are adults capable of handling those matters for themselves. Those...
Child Custody
Child Custody
How should you react if your ex won’t let you see your kids?
When you and the other parent of your children go your separate ways, you will likely remain in frequent contact because you share custody of your children. You will have to divide the responsibilities of parenting, including providing parenting time for the children...
Why is it important to keep your child center stage in custody?
Most children want to continue spending time with both parents after a divorce. There will be exceptions, such as if one parent was violent or abusive. Yet, in most cases, it is the child’s wish and is in the child’s best interests to continue to see both their...
Set up your summer vacation custody plans in advance to prevent disputes
If there is one time of the year that is more difficult for parents than any other, it’s summer break. When divorced parents have to work and children are sharing time between homes without the benefit of school to care for them during the day, the break can quickly...
2 ways to make divorce easier for a child with special needs
Children generally have a hard time understanding why their parents divorce. They can become depressed or angry and may even start struggling in school when their parents separate. As hard as divorce may be for the average child, it can be even more difficult for a...
Has your child “aged-out” of your old custody and visitation plan?
Just after your divorce, your initial custody, visitation and parenting plan for your child seemed to be ideal -- and it worked for a while. Every parent knows that the needs of their children can change quite rapidly as they age, however. If your current parenting...
Should you ask your ex if you can take the kids on a trip?
You and your ex share custody of your children. Even though your marriage has ended, you still want to create lasting memories for your children by taking them on family vacations. Do you need to ask your ex if you can do it before you make your plans? Do you have a...
The difference between legal and physical custody
Child custody is not a singular thing where being awarded custody means all rights go to you, the parent. There are actually two different types of custody. You can be awarded sole or shared custody on one or both fronts. The first type is legal custody. This is not...
How can both parents remain involved in a child’s education after divorce?
Parents who live together can both have a say in the day-to-day decisions that are made for their children. This includes those related to education. When the parents go through a divorce, it’s going to take effort by everyone involved in the child’s schooling to...
Narcissistic co-parent? Remember these tips
By the time you’ve gone through a divorce from a narcissist, you’ll likely know the tactics that they use to try to gain control over situations, so they can have their way. Just because the divorce is over doesn’t mean that you’re done having to deal with those...