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When Should You Seek to Modify Child Custody?

Following a child custody order is almost guaranteed to challenge a parent at some point. Whether due to issues with the other parent or changes with the needs of the child, child custody orders cannot cover all eventualities, and some degree of flexibility is often required to maintain cooperation. As any divorced or separated parent...

Special Considerations for Getting Divorced Later in Life

Once a marriage starts to be measured in terms of decades, it becomes increasingly difficult to imagine that it will end in divorce. However, studies in recent years have found that the rate of divorce for those 50 and older is on the rise, and is the highest it has ever been in this age...

The Good and Bad of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection has long-term consequence, and should not be decided in haste. Being in debt is never a desirable situation, but other forms of debt reduction should usually be attempted before turning to bankruptcy. Overwhelming debt is no laughing matter, and something substantial must be done to create a sustainable financial...

Grandparents’ Rights Following Parents’ Divorce

One of the harshest consequences of divorce is the likely loss of contact with family and friends that often happens once each spouse establishes a separate household. Some of this change occurs organically, but some of it can be intentional, especially if the connection is directly associated with the former spouse. Children may have a...

Violating Parenting Time Terms is Not a Good Idea

Sharing custody of a child will present challenges at some point. Parents are bound to disagree over the parenting time schedule and many important decisions, such as where a child goes to school, when a child sees a doctor, etc. When disagreements occur, it can be tempting to withhold parenting time until the other parent...

The Criminal Consequences of Violating a Protective Order

Few things are more complicated than spouses dealing with allegations of domestic violence (referred to as domestic battery under criminal statute). There are two sides to these situations that are not necessarily easy to untangle. One of the first steps a spouse alleging abuse will take is to obtain a protective order. Protective orders are...

Special Custody Considerations for Children with Special Needs

Raising a child from infancy to adulthood is likely the hardest and greatest responsibility a person will ever assume. Divorced parents continuing this undertaking alone are met with even more challenges, but if a child has special needs, a whole host of additional considerations and issues over child custody are present that courts are rarely...

The Special Rules for Inheritances in Bankruptcy Cases

Rarely does a person first turn to thoughts of bankruptcy when financial trouble starts. More commonly, a person will take a number of steps to get the situation under control, but regaining financial stability is not always possible. Sometimes contributing factors compound an already low income and generate higher expenses, such as a job loss...

What to Know About Divorce Mediation

When couples decide to divorce, it is often hard for them to envision settling all their differences in an amicable fashion. Divorce is commonly associated with contentious litigation based on the assumption that parties are completely unable to communicate. While divorce is a difficult process, the parties do have a choice over how they approach...

When is Supervised Parenting Time Appropriate?

When parents decide to divorce or separate, most expect that each will have some amount of regular physical custody of the child. Though they may differ on the specific amount of time and dates of such shared custody, there is usually little question that both parents will have a consistent presence in the child’s life....