When going through a divorce or separation, a parent’s top priority is often where their child will live. In many cases, both parents want custody of their child. While, in general, the information on how to get physical or legal custody of a child is the same in all states,…
In an ideal divorce or separation situation involving children, both parents work together to develop and follow a parenting plan. Even though the parents might not get along, they often try to put their differences aside to make custody exchange stress-free for their child. In some cases, however, conflicts between…
A general overview of the fathers’ rights movement – a social reform initiative advocating a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting and defending the rights of fathers in family law, visitation, and custody decisions. – Today’s divorced and never-married often have the experience of asking for (and receive) joint custody of…
If you and your child’s other parent have split up, child custody has become very important. Depending on the specifics of your situation, you both might share custody, or one of you might have custody while the other has visitation rights. In some circumstances, one parent might have supervised visitation…
In today’s mobile society, it is common for one parent to have a job in a different state or location from where his or her children live. While married parents contend with this issue regularly when one parent must travel for work, it can be trickier for divorced parents. What…
There is no denying that a divorce or breakup often causes anger, betrayal, and sadness. In most cases, parents who are divorcing can put aside these feelings and work with their exes to meet their children’s needs. In some cases, however, one parent might develop malicious parent syndrome. This is…