Going through a divorce while you have children still living at home means that you’ll have to try to figure out what’s going to happen with the kids. Some parents are able to work together to come up with a parenting plan. Others have to go through a contentious...
You may think that it’s easier for kids to go through a parental divorce when they have siblings – particularly if they’re close in age. An only child may feel like no one understands what they’re feeling or going through. Siblings can support each other through all...
Your parenting plan, once called a custody order, outlines your obligations to your children and to your ex when you have formal time-sharing after your divorce. Whether you negotiated your own parenting plan or adopted one created by the judge overseeing your...
Often, when people lose their jobs they worry that they won’t be able to see their children. They worry that the other parent will try to keep custody more because they are unable to provide for their kids. Job instability is nothing new. There are people all around...
Substance abuse issues like alcoholism and drug abuse are contributing factors in many divorces. When a couple has children, divorce often means the parent who’s struggling with alcohol and/or drugs gets only minimal custody or visitation rights. That doesn’t have to...
While the state automatically considers children born to married moms and dads as belonging to both of them, they don't view unmarried parents similarly. Maternal rights are automatically conferred at the time of a child's birth, but state law requires unmarried...
Florida residents who are preparing for a child custody hearing know that they have to be prepared if they want the hearing to go their way. Custody hearings can be set up between divorcing parents or even between parents who were never married. The ultimate goal is...
After weeks of discussing the issue with your former spouse, you thought that you finally had a parenting plan figured out. But now that you've put it into practice, you're realizing that your parenting plan doesn't work after all. Can you modify a plan once it's been...
Getting divorced is never easy, but the process becomes especially complicated when children are involved. When parents in Florida file for divorce, they might fight over child custody. Though some parents are fine with one parent having the kids during the weekdays...
Raising children successfully after a divorce involves Florida parents using healthy co-parenting strategies to meet new challenges. Whether a couple was married for just a year or decades, they will navigate new waters as they deal with their own pain and help their...