Category Archives: Child Custody
Florida Child Custody Evaluations
Being ordered by a court to participate in a child custody evaluation can be a harrowing experience, mostly because you will be worried about how an evaluator will react to you. The stakes are extraordinary; understanding the process and doing what you can to prepare will help to ease your mind and help you… Read More »
What To Know About Grandparent Rights
Grandkids are fantastic! Even though some say it’s delightful to spoil them rotten and then return them to their parents, you are one of those grandparents who’d just as soon keep the little darlings with you all the time! Unfortunately, your child has been involved in a bitter divorce, and their spouse has been… Read More »
Adapting Parenting Plans Over Time
For anyone who got a divorce some years ago when the kids were quite young, there was surely some sort of parenting plan devised to accommodate everyone at the time. But as the children get older, are you finding that the plan that was very appropriate for the toddlers falls short of today’s needs?… Read More »
Women Can Share the “Mental Load” of Co-Parenting After Divorce
It was only about 50 years ago that eighty percent of divorces led to moms having full-custody and dads scraping by with some weekends and holidays, while, of course, providing child support in the way of money to their ex-wives. But these days we’ve come to recognize that children need their dads, and not… Read More »
Adapt Parenting Plans Based on Kids’ Ages
In Florida, a shared custody plan that keeps both parents deeply involved in the lives of their children is what the courts favor following a divorce. While that certainly looks different for every family, there are guidelines that parents may want to consider as they develop a plan that will best address the needs… Read More »
Can Dads Get Custody in Divorce?
Fathers tend to feel they are at a colossal disadvantage when it comes to custody issues in divorce. They often imagine that no judge in the world would ever consider limiting a mother’s access to her children, whereas restricting a father’s relationship with his kids is a much easier pill to swallow. But there’s… Read More »
Custody Issues Are Tough When Divorcing a Narcissist
You will probably experience some unpleasant complications throughout the divorces process If you are divorcing a narcissist. Nowhere will those difficulties be more trying than when dealing with the issue of child custody. Without question, you will require an experienced and no-nonsense divorce attorney on your side. What to Expect You’re probably already pretty… Read More »
Staying Together for the Kids: Is it a Good Idea?
There are lots of reasons that aren’t love that keep people tethered to their marriages; protecting kids from the disruption of a divorce is a biggie. If that’s your reason for sticking with your marriage, perhaps you should consider these questions: How long is long enough? If you’re staying together for the kids, have… Read More »
The Right of First Refusal
Parents who share custody of children will likely come across times when the parent who has custody needs to use childcare in order to work, socialize, or otherwise be away from home. During these times, the non-custodial person may wish to pick up a little extra time with the kids. While the right of… Read More »
Child Custody: 10 Factors To Consider
It’s a huge deal: who gets custody of the kids in a divorce? While sole physical custody is one option, the ideal situation under Florida law is shared custody. But there are a lot of factors that impact the court’s decision in these matters, so you should pay attention to them if you’re in… Read More »
