Parenting is known as the hardest job in the world, and that's when both parents are under one roof. After a divorce or separation, parenting (or "co-parenting") can be even more challenging. You'll go through ups and downs, and some days will be more challenging than...
We spend a lot of time talking about how to "get through" a divorce, but what about coming out on top? Is it possible to "succeed" at divorce? The editors at HuffPost think so, and we agree. With the help of an experienced family divorce attorney, you can "win"...
Both parents must decide on custody of minor children under the age of 18. Divorce courts are very concerned regarding the well-being of any children born naturally to both parents or adopted by the parents. If the wife is pregnant, the child should be listed as "one...
I recently presided over a trial in which two parents who had been divorced for almost 4 years spent more than $15,000 to pay lawyers and a psychologist to argue about what should have been an arithmetic problem--child support adjustment. Even though I have presided...
Abandonment: A Divorce Issue In high conflict divorces, those that never seem to end, abandonment is a common factor. These days, when we see divorced spouses returning to court two or more years after the divorce process was technically completed, we inquire into...
Children Lose When A Divorced Parent Is Forced Out by Honorable Anne Kass. Ann Kass is a District Judge in the Second Judicial District State of New Mexico What some divorcing parents would like, more than anything, is for the other parent to vanish. They believe that...
I was talking with a judge from South Carolina a few weeks go about an interstate custody problem. When I told him that I hear only family law cases, he said: "How in the world do you stand it? I find after hearing a few divorce cases, I need to hear a friendly first...
Sharp-tongued parents turn child into chameleon. Chameleon kids are an all too frequent product of divorce. These are children who behave, think and feel one way at dad's house and an altogether different way at mom's house. Chameleon kids often tell each of their...
One of the issues involved in divorce cases is which spouse has to pay what debts. In divorce cases debts come in two flavors: community debts and separate debts. A community debt is, by and large, any debt created by either or both spouses while they were married....
People spend a lot of time talking about how to be happy post-divorce. That includes how to move on, date again, co-parent, etc. But what about the time while you're in divorce? Unfortunately divorce can be a long process- sometimes it can take years, God forbid. Here...