Pandemic Parenting: Covid Impacts on Co-parenting, Custody, Visitation
So many people have been asking about pandemic parenting, co-parenting, custody, or visitation. The real issues arise when one of the parties, or child, comes up with a positive test result. Up until recently the thought of positive test results for many, especially children, was illusive. But now with these new variants, that’s more of […]
Where Child Support & Joint Custody Intersect
Child support and child custody intercepts at times, but that depends on several factors. In most states Child support is determined by statutory guidelines imposed by that state. Those guidelines usually takes into consideration parents’ income (either one or both), number of children, previous financial orders and some excepted expenses (like employment deductions). Some states […]
Child Custody & Abandonment
In child custody & abandonment situations (and child support too) biological parents can have their rights terminated by court. Even though the right to being a parent in the USA is a fundamental one , pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment, states have the power to infringe on those rights. Of course Due Process, also afforded […]
Contempt in Family Court: What it Is & it is Not
I’ve touched up contempt in family court several times in the past. But what is or is not contempt in family court matters is worth a lengthy discussion. It is defined as “the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers…”. (Wikipedia) This covers orders, rulings, decisions issued […]
Step or Blended Family in Family Law
A step or blended family is a family that consists of parents and children who are not biologically related, the parents are remarried or cohabitating with someone other than the biological parent. Blended families make up almost half of all families in the US, according to Stepfamily.org. That means that a large amount of children are being […]
Preparing Your Case for Your First Court Appearance
Preparing Your Case & Gathe Other Evidence It helps to have an idea of what is important, what is admissible, what is legal with respect to preparing your case of divorce or child custody. Emails & text messages are usually full of pertinent information and should be high on the list. Although text messages should […]