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5 Most Common Custody Myths

Disputing custody of a child is one of the hardest experiences a person can go through. Fighting for the right to see your child, managing the stress of court hearings and managing the financial aspect of the divorce and legal proceedings are all a challenge. It can be even harder when you don’t know what to expect or don’t know whether what you’ve heard on the street is actually true. ...

The Perils of Unrepresented Parties

In family law , like any other civil court, you have the right to represent yourself. Self-representation, however, can add more anxiety to an already strained situation. You are already under a tremendous amount of stress and pressure; adding unfamiliarity with law and court settings will only make it worse. Don’t let yourself or a family member go into court unprepared and unrepresented. Here ...

Grandparents and Kinship Rights

Divorce is about two people who simply cannot make a relationship work any longer. Often, divorce is about two people who simply can’t make a relationship work anymore—and about those people’s children, who are simply swept along in the wake of their parents’ difficulties. And, almost just as often, divorce is also about two people—their children—and many, many other people—grandparents, cousins, ...

Ten Important Tips for Divorcing Parents

Divorce is almost always a heartbreaking, viscerally painful, emotionally fraught experience —and it can be even more so when children are involved. Divorce is painful, but there are ways, at least, of minimizing that pain. There are behaviors that will increase your and your children’s pain, and there are behaviors that will decrease it. Here, then, are five things you should not do during this ...