Every parenting plan is unique. You can include anything that is important in your particular situation. However, there are elements that all such plans should contain, among which is a well-defined time-sharing schedule. General guidelines The goal of a parenting...
If you have kids and want to get divorced, it is important to understand various factors that can play a role in custody decisions. Courts go over a number of issues when determining which outcome serves a child's best interests, such as the child's preferences and...
You have received an offer to join the Sarasota office of a prestigious accounting firm, but this means spending weeks at a time away from your 10-year-old son The move up the Gulf coast from Fort Myers would mean modifying the child custody agreement now in place....
Child custody may be one of the most difficult topics to negotiate during a Florida divorce. In some cases, you may be able to customize your own custody arrangement through mediation. Other situations, however, may rely on the court to determine what custody schedule...
Dealing with a rude and manipulative co-parent after a divorce can seem intimidating at first. You want to protect your children from this behavior, but you may not notice the subtle beginnings of a problem. Learning about potential warning signs of parental...
As a parent, divorce holds more complexities and difficulties for you than it will for most parentless couples. On top of dealing with your own personal matters, you must also figure out what situation will suit your child best while meeting their needs. To this end,...
Traditionally, research on family dynamics has focused on fathers' absence and the effects, usually negative, that this has on children. Recently, researchers have focused more on involved fatherhood and the effects that it has on children. The data consistently...
As a parent, your relationship with your children does not end with your divorce, nor does your responsibility to them. Your powers and your duties as a parent continue after the end of your marriage. In legal terms, these comprise your custodial responsibility....
You navigate most aspects of your divorce well, but you and your soon-to-be-ex-spouse run into complications when refining the details of your child custody agreement. Have you implemented the right of first refusal? Our Family Wizard explains how the right of first...
Divorce proceedings in Florida can often become emotional. This may come as little surprise given the amount of emotion people invest in their marriages. What does surprise many, however, is how quickly such emotion can turn from positive to negative. Such negative...