Successful Parenting When Parents Live In Separate States

Successful Parenting When Parents Live In Separate States

Successful Parenting When Parents Live In Separate States Being divorced with minor children in school and having your spouse now living in another state can seem like a ticket to a parenting disaster but with the help of modern technology, affordable transit, and...
Helping Your Kids Thrive After a Divorce

Helping Your Kids Thrive After a Divorce

Helping Your Kids Thrive After a Divorce You are now divorced, the papers are final, and the kids now have two homes. If they are school age, they will probably be attending the same school as before the divorce but now the homework will need to be done at separate...
Mediation vs Arbitration

Mediation vs Arbitration

Mediation vs Arbitration The terms “mediation” and “arbitration” are frequently confused. They both come under the broader term, “alternative dispute resolution,” but they are different alternatives (to court, that is). Mediation is far more common than arbitration in...
Parenting Plans and Being Generous with Holidays

Parenting Plans and Being Generous with Holidays

Parenting Plans and Being Generous with Holidays Being divorced with children can have a lot of calendar issues, because there is only one birthday for each child, and yet there are two parents. Christmas only comes once a year no matter what Elmo wanted, and so does...
Who Can Get A Protection Order Against Whom?

Who Can Get A Protection Order Against Whom?

Who Can Get A Protection Order Against Whom? The easy part is usually whether the conduct in question comes within the definition of “domestic violence.” (That is not our topic here.) A separate question (and the one for this blog) is whether the relationship between...