As much as you may dread the thought, you must discuss and negotiate child-related matters when divorcing as a parent. If you cannot do so successfully, a Florida family court judge will decide these crucial matters instead. Creating your own time-sharing plan is...
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3 tips for easing school worries during divorce
Parents must ensure children get a good education. This might be easy when the parents are still a couple, but it can make the situation more complex if they divorce. Children shouldn’t have to worry about their parents’ divorce making things more complicated for...
What if co-parenting isn’t working?
When parents divorce, they have to plan out a child custody agreement, which allows them to continue their obligations, rights and responsibilities to parent their children. For the most part, parents will have to discuss legal and physical custody rights. Legal...
Could your parenting plan accommodate bird’s nest parenting?
As hard as divorce is on adults, it is usually the kids who suffer the most. Divorce brings lots of uncertainties and typically unwelcome changes into their lives. However, some changes are unfortunately inevitable, given the circumstances. Since parents should (and...
Co-parenting an infant has unique challenges
Having a new baby is a joyous experience for most people. For some, this life event comes with the need to figure out a parenting agreement with the baby’s other parent. This will take some work, but it’s possible to come up with a plan that’s best for the baby....
When should you consider modifying the child custody order?
When a marriage comes to an end, and there are kids involved, one of the most crucial issues the couple with work on is the children’s living arrangement going forward. Most often, the court encourages an arrangement where parents work out a custody plan that suits...
2 factors when calculating a child’s best interests
Determining how you will split parenting time can be one of the most challenging aspects of a divorce. You and your spouse might want to spend the lion’s share of time with your child, and clearly, you can’t both do that. What’s in the child’s best interests is the...
Can your child decide they want your parenting time to stop?
Florida has a relatively pragmatic approach to child custody matters. The state presumes that time-sharing arrangements that give both parents liberal access to the children will be in the best interests of the children. In other words, unless there is evidence of...
2 reasons for co-parenting after divorce
When two adults meet, fall in love and marry, they usually hope they will spend the rest of their lives together till death “do them part.” The sad reality, however, is that a significant number of marriages can end in divorce, which can be devastating to everyone...
A calm divorce can lead to peaceful co-parenting
Going through a divorce when you have children means that each decision you make can impact the kids. You and your spouse can help to set a calm tone for the co-parenting relationship by remaining peaceful during the divorce. It might not be easy to remain amicable...