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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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....

The financial fallout of a divorce is a painful reality that most couples must face. Even in households where both spouses work, which is a necessity for many families, shifting from two incomes down to one usually requires immediate adjustments to avoid financial collapse. For spouses who do not work or who earn meager incomes,...

Unsurprisingly, financial difficulties are one of the leading causes of divorce in this country. Money concerns can drive spouses to take out their frustrations and anxiety on each other, which can lead to emotional rifts over time. Even if finances are not the driving force behind a divorce, the loss of one person’s income could...

Overwhelming debt can come from many sources such as major illness, job loss, or emergency home repairs, to name just a few. What all of these situations have in common is the reality that these expenses can quickly leave a person with more bills than he or she can ever hope to pay. Financial difficulties...

Most parents do not give a lot of thought to the legalities imposed by the State that regulate when men are considered a child’s legal father, referred to as paternity. Women gain parental rights simply by giving birth, since this act automatically establishes the child is biologically related to the mother, except in cases of...