A child custody evaluation involves having an evaluator – usually a mental health professional or a social worker – observe the parent and child interactions, inspect the parent’s home, and talk to people who know the parent, the child or both. The evaluator then writes a recommendation for the court…
Parenting is always a challenge, even under the best of circumstances. Learning how to parent as a single parent after a divorce, when you went into the job expecting to have a partner to help, is even more challenging. And single fathers may face unique difficulties finding advice and support…
When deciding custody and visitation cases, judges are supposed to make their decision with the best interest of the child in mind. The best interest of the child can be a difficult standard to uphold. It’s more complicated than simple fairness to the parents – if that were the standard,…
It’s easy for dads to feel like they are at a disadvantage in court when it comes to custody and visitation cases. In the past, courts often presumed that mothers were the caregivers of children, so custody arrangements tended to favor them. These days, however, experts recognize that children benefit…
For a parent who has spent every day of their child’s life in the same home with their child, the idea of having to spend time apart can be wrenching. And when it comes to custody cases, it’s not only the fact that you now have to split your time…
Divorce isn’t fun or easy for anyone, but there are good reasons to think that the people who get the shortest end of the stick in any divorce are the children of the divorcing couple. Children have no control over either the divorce proceedings or their parents’ actions, after all….
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