After your divorce, you and your ex may decide to share parenting responsibilities. With this arrangement, you may spend time with your children when they are not with your former spouse. Co-parenting after a separation or divorce can be challenging. With commitment...
Child Custody
Approaching child custody as a father
If you have kids and want to end your marriage, it is particularly important to focus on child custody matters. Sometimes, parents can work together and handle custody issues in an amicable manner. In other instances, a bitter dispute can arise, and some fathers might...
How can you make custody exchanges easier on yourself?
Once you have a custody agreement with your ex, you may finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. After all, all you have to do is follow the plan. According to Healthline, children benefit from quality time with both parents and thrive when there is little...
Co-parenting after divorce
Florida residents fall in love, get married and start families that they intend to nurture and love into adulthood and beyond. Regardless of the intentions, many families break up via divorce while the children are still very young. Parents, by the very nature of...
Social media posts can affect child custody case
Social media has become so intrinsic to people's everyday lives that there is hardly an aspect of one's life that is free of it in Florida or elsewhere in the country. It has become an issue in a child custody case in another state. The case involved Facebook, a...
Child custody cases are not always black and white
Child custody cases in Florida can be heartbreaking. The judge's decision is based upon what he or she deems is in the best interests of the child. In some cases that is a very clear cut decision, but in others it is not. There can be many factors that go into...
How to establish a parenting plan in Florida
Florida is one of the few states in the U.S. that no longer identifies one parent as the custodial parent and the other as the visiting parent after a divorce. As you may know, during your divorce you will need to work with your former spouse to create a parenting...
Preventing child custody issues at school
Some parents find themselves struggling to co-parent with a partner after ending a marriage. Once the child custody decision is finalized, the parents could have a difference of opinion in how it is implemented or one parent could choose to ignore the order entirely....
Shared child custody typically in the best interest of kids
An individual facing divorce proceedings may have questions about how to handle parenting with the soon-to-be ex. During this time, emotions run high, and it can be a challenge to make decisions about how to move forward. For many, a shared child custody plan will be...
Does divorce mean a split from the child, too?
The end of a marriage, like many other endings, can be painful. An individual in Florida facing divorce will likely be grieving the loss of the romantic relationship, but is it necessary to grieve the loss of a child, too? Traditionally, courts have tended to award...
