It is normal for parents to feel incredibly excited about their children joining extracurricular activities like sports and to invest heavily in their children's success. Parents may spend hours transporting kids to practices and games. Those divorcing and preparing...
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Child Custody
Reasons a parent can lose custody of their child
When a couple that shares a child decides to divorce, one of the most important issues they must address is the child’s post-divorce living arrangements. Most often, the court will encourage both parties to enter a joint-custody arrangement that grants both parents...
2 important childcare issues to address in your parenting plan
Children, especially those who are still young and those with special needs, require constant, direct supervision. It only takes a momentary lapse in oversight for a child to elope from a facility or insert a fork into an electrical outlet. Securing appropriate...
How to get a custody modification in California
When divorcing, if you have children, an important topic is child custody. If you are an involved parent, you may want to see your children as much as possible. However, your ex-spouse may want the same. Because of this, it could take time and assistance to reach a...
Child custody and the holiday season
Having less time with your child is one of the most difficult aspects of divorce and split custody. During holiday seasons, that separation can be even more difficult for everyone. Making this time of year happy and special for your child should be the most important...
3 important rules for co-parents around holidays and birthdays
Trying to share both time with and responsibility for your children with their other parent can be quite a challenge. Parents often struggle to adjust to shared custody or co-parenting arrangements when they first start living separately. Still, families eventually...
Tips to help parents talk to children about divorce
It's very difficult to know how to talk to your children about divorce. It's a complicated subject that you feel may be difficult for them to understand, but it's also something that they need to know about because it's going to change their life. If you are wondering...
3 rules for co-parents that can help the family thrive
A divorce or breakup won't just be difficult for the couple involved. Any children that they share will inevitably have to adjust to life after the family changes. Co-parenting arrangements are often very stressful for parents and kids alike, and the more conflict...
Who controls your child’s medical care when you’re divorced?
You thought that you and your spouse had talked through all the important issues before you ever got married and had kids – but something changed. You went one direction with your beliefs and your spouse went the other, and you found yourself increasingly incompatible...
4 tips for a safe and effective child custody exchange
During your divorce, a child custody plan will be created. It’s important to follow this plan to avoid issues. However, there are some situations when disagreements or violence occur between parents. To protect everyone involved, it’s important to learn how to ensure...