If you are reading this, you may be struggling with the many divorce decisions that can affect your children. Along with marital property, child custody and support are among the most challenging elements of divorce. Many divorcing parents struggle to make these...
Take a minute to think about how many people – loved ones, friends, colleagues, professional contacts, etc. – you communicate with via electronic means. If you’re like most Americans, you make regular use of email, texts, video chat platforms, social media and a host...
There are some advantages to divorcing when your child is a teen as opposed to being much younger. For one thing, they understand more about divorce and likely know a lot of other kids whose parents are no longer together. The teen years, however, include a lot of...
Adoptive parents have the opportunity to choose a child to become part of their family. Once the adoption is finalized, these children are treated by law in the exact same manner as biological children. This means that if the adoptive parents decide to divorce, they...
Making sure that you have the child custody plan that’s going to meet your child’s needs is critical. The best way to do this is for you and your ex to work as a team to decide the terms. As you’re going through this, there are many points that you should consider,...
Your child custody agreement will help decide who has your kids and when. There are a lot of dates, times and factors to include in a custody order. You may need to ensure you're covering all your bases so you have your children at the best times. Here’s what you...
It is not always easy to deal with changes in family dynamics, including changes to child custody arrangements. If you have recently had a significant change in your life that impacts your children's living situation, a modification to your current child custody...
For separating or divorcing parents in North Dakota, dividing parenting time can be one of the hardest parts of the end of their relationship. Both parents may still want a strong relationship with the children, which can lead to conflicts as they push to spend as...
Fathers are more involved in their children’s lives than ever before. They work hard at work to provide for their kids, and they work even harder to cultivate strong bonds with their children. Being separated from them—whether divorced or never married to the...
Establishing paternity can be very important. Strictly from an emotional and relational standpoint, you want to know if you’re related to the child. But you may also have questions about your child custody rights or your obligations to pay child support. All of this...
