You know that conflict makes divorce harder on children, but it is still so hard to have to see your ex every couple of days to exchange custody. Especially if they keep showing up late or with their new romantic partner in the front passenger seat of their car, you...
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3 times that split custody could be a good family arrangement
Sharing custody usually means that one parent has the children while the other does not. However, there are many less-common forms of shared custody that can work well for certain modern families. Split custody is a unique parenting arrangement that involves each...
How do supervised visitation and custody exchanges work?
One of the biggest concerns divorcing parents in Leesburg have centers around losing contact with their children. When a parent has a questionable history, these concerns are even more pronounced, especially during the child custody stage of divorce. As is the case in...
Negotiating child custody with a difficult spouse
After being in a difficult marriage, you and your spouse may have decided to divorce. As you grieve the loss of your dreams, you may also be experiencing fear. What will happen? How will the divorce affect your children? To make your split even more painful, your...
Appealing child custody rulings in juvenile and domestic relations court
Disputes involving child custody can be highly contentious. As a result, it is not uncommon for one of the parties to be displeased with the final ruling of the court. However, this ruling may not be absolute. If your custody case was decided in a juvenile and...
Fighting back against parental alienation after a divorce
Perhaps the hardest thing about divorce with children is how it affects your relationship with your kids. Even if you and your co-parent try your best to shield your children from the stress of divorce, they will probably suffer some emotional consequences from the...
Troubled child after divorce? This could be a sign of parental alienation
Raising a child is hard enough as a single parent, but finding out that your child is being manipulated to hate you makes your life so much more difficult. Not only do you have to mitigate the damage that is being done to your child’s psyche, but you also have to try...
Sharing custody with an addicted or alcoholic parent
If you are divorcing a spouse with a drug or alcohol addiction, there are some specific issues you must sort out regarding the custody of your minor children. While these matters can get quite complicated, it is imperative that both the addicted parent and their sober...
Telling your kids their other parent won’t come for visitation
Joint custody and co-parenting is usually the preferred solution in modern divorces. It gives both parents time with the children and provides the kids with the broadest social support network possible. Unfortunately, a parent asking for joint custody may not do so...
Keeping custody exchanges short can make them less stressful for everyone
If you’ve started to dread those times during the week when you and your co-parent drop off or pick up your child at each other’s home or elsewhere, you’re not alone. These custody exchanges can be fraught with tension and even conflict -– particularly in the early...
