Working out arrangements for sharing parental rights and responsibilities is a major challenge. Parents preparing for divorce may find themselves disagreeing about how to share legal authority and parenting time. In many cases, parents struggling to settle custody...
Adopting a stepchild is a heartfelt step toward a stronger, more unified family. If you’ve been loving and caring for your stepchild as your own, making that bond official can be deeply meaningful for everyone involved. Whether you're just starting to explore adoption...
When facing divorce, many couples seek alternatives to litigation that prioritize privacy, control and respectful resolution. Mediation and collaborative divorce are two popular approaches that offer structured, non-adversarial paths to settlement. Both aim to reduce...
A parenting plan is a legal document that separating couples must create and submit in court. This proposed plan helps ensure a stable form of upbringing for the couple’s children, even after they have chosen to break up. If you and your ex-spouse are going through...
Divorce doesn’t have to be a contentious affair filled with courtroom drama. Divorce mediation is becoming an increasingly popular method for resolving divorce details in a non-litigious manner. Mediation might not be the right choice for everyone, but it does have...
People who are married often amass many assets, but they may also acquire debts. If they opt to go through a divorce, they will have to split those assets, as well as the debts. This can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. There are several things that you have...
Parents know that getting divorced means they are likely going to have to split child custody rights and responsibilities. They may assume that the split will be 50/50. For instance, maybe the child’s father will have custody one week and the child’s mother will have...
Most people are familiar with litigated divorces. Spouses go to court seeking specific parenting terms or hoping to acquire certain assets from the marital estate. Contested divorces can be unpredictable and highly stressful for everyone involved. Divorcing couples...
Most people are still discovering how artificial intelligence (AI) can help them in their daily lives. It can even help separated and divorced parents better communicate about their children and other matters. Newly separated and divorced parents (and even those who...
Parenting time schedules are put in place to help ensure that children maintain meaningful relationships with both parents after separation or divorce. However, not all parents follow these orders consistently, leading to frustration, conflict and emotional harm for...
