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The back-to-school season brings fresh opportunities and challenges, especially for co-parents. With children navigating new classes, activities and schedules, coordination is key to minimizing disruption. While joint custody can introduce logistical challenges,...
Summer is a time of relaxation, adventure and making cherished memories for families across the country. However, for divorced parents, this season can bring about a unique set of challenges regarding child custody. For couples who share custody, planning vacations...
Child support orders ensure that non-custodial parents financially support their children. According to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, in 2021, the U.S. child support program collected roughly $33 billion. Life changes can make these orders unfair. Learn...
When you rely on a child custody arrangement, any deviation from the plan can create frustration and uncertainty. It is even more challenging when your ex-partner stops picking up the children according to the schedule. If this has happened to you, you might wonder if...
Working out a child custody arrangement means considering many future possibilities. For instance, you and your ex may have to choose which one of you will be the custodial parent. This is important because the custodial parent is often in a position to receive...
In an attempt to make child custody matters easier for the children involved and to ensure their best interests remained front and center in all cases, the state of Tennessee created the Tennessee Parenting Plan law. The law went into effect on January 1, 2001. It...
Sharing parenting duties with a divorced spouse might be difficult, but raising your children with as little drama as possible is well worth the effort. One way to help promote successful co-parenting is to attempt consistency in some areas with your co-parent. You...
When you got divorced, you and your ex may have decided to share custody of your children. You likely did this so that both you and your ex could maximize the time you have with your children. Although, according to the Institute for Family Studies, the divorce rate...
Few things in life have the potential to be more stressful than a child custody dispute. After all, if you do not end up with the custody arrangement you want, you may not see your kids nearly as often as you would like. Even worse, your children may have to live with...
When courts first began hearing divorce cases, child custody was usually not a question. The judges would automatically assign the majority of care duties to the mother. This dated ideology does not apply in today's family courts. The Parental Rights Foundation...