Your child’s age and maturity level helps dictate what kind of custody and visitation schedule would be appropriate. At different points in their development, different schedules will be necessary and, if your child is young, you’ll have to accept the notion that you’ll have to grow, adjust, and change your schedule to suit her. Keeping...
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Your child’s father will have a child support obligation to your children until your child turns 19 or graduates high school, whichever occurs first. If your children are young, that’s a long time. Even when you and your husband were together, you probably worried about how you’d afford to give your children everything you always...
On Wednesday, we talked about how critically important it is to draft custody and visitation arrangements, so that both you and your child’s father know what to expect and learn to co-parent together. While it’s incredibly important to start out with a custody and visitation plan in mind, it’s also important to keep in mind...
Drafting custody and visitation agreements is no walk in the park. It’s a difficult thing to talk about and a difficult thing to negotiate. When you’re used to having your children all the time, and being able to spend every holiday, birthday, and special event with them, it’s hard to imagine agreeing to a scenario...
If you and your soon-to-be ex have children in common, custody, support, and visitation are the issues that have probably taken center stage. It’s unnerving to think that the changes you’re making are going to affect your children in such a profound way, so you try to think of all the ways you can possibly...
If, for whatever reason, you’re planning to move forward with your divorce without hiring an attorney, you’ll want to do your research. There are a lot of programs out there advertising quick and cheap divorces, but you’ll want to be sure you understand exactly what you’re getting before you shell out any money at all....
If you read my blog article on Monday, you know that discovery is the process through which you and your attorney learn what assets and liabilities exist in your marriage. It’s a long, drawn-out process, where you’ll have to really take a serious look at your whole portfolio, from the properties you own to your...
I think that a lot of people operate under the misconception that you hire an attorney and then you don’t have to think about your divorce anymore. Sure, there may be a few court hearings or settlement conferences, and your husband will probably call to complain about a letter your lawyer sent to his lawyer,...