Unravelling some common myths about shared parenting in order to help parents make informed decisions.
Child Custody
What to Include in Your Parenting Plan: A Shared Parenting Approach
Is a collaborative parenting plan or a parallel parenting plan right for your family? What’s the difference between the two? Here’s straightforward advice to separated or divorced parents interested in shared parenting.
50/50 Child Access: A Passionate and Heated Debate
A poll conducted by Divorce Magazine shows the opinions of divorce professionals and people going through divorce alike on whether custody should start with a 50/50 split. The results were gathered and reported by Josh Simon.
My wife was a stay at home mom for the past 7 years while I worked.
Excellent, if you plan accordingly. Our system of justice is required to be gender neutral and the fact that your wife was a stay at home mother is not dispositive of whether a father can have a shared custodial arrangement. Your chances of obtaining shared custody are greatly enhanced if you follow the advice of […]
Shared Physical Custody: A Growing Trend
Family law attorney Christine DeBernardis covers the factors that are affecting the growing trend of having a shared physical custody and explains why this decision will be beneficial for both parents, representing a personal and economical relief for the
WATCH: How does joint child custody work?
Joint custody has much more to do with decision making that it has to do with the actual time spent with your children.
Successful Co-Parenting Communication after Divorce
In order to “normalize” the post-divorce co-parenting situation as much as possible, you need to make all communication clear – with your children and with your ex-spouse.
Tips for Fathers in Custody Disputes
What you can’t do when a custody battle is brewing, is “nothing”. Recognize that divorce changes the roles for everyone and that you need to get familiar with your children’s schedules, activities, and schools.
Fathers more likely to win custody than before
For years, mothers won primary child custody in the vast majority of divorce cases. But the tide has been shifting: most states abolished the tender-years doctrine in 1994, and women have become a much more substantial portion of the workforce over the last 40 years, while more men have become stay-at-home fathers.
Bond with your children. Bonding on your own
A single parent plays the roles of both mother and father to the children and this takes some getting used to for them as well. Here`s how to bond with your children and bond on your own.
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