Are you going through a high-conflict divorce in California? If so, you may be worried about how you will spend time with your children. The solution to stressful situations like this could be parallel parenting. Here is how the concept works. The difference between...
Child Custody & Support
Understanding child support and alimony
You may lose assets such as your California home, a car or a bank account in a divorce. In addition, you may be liable for alimony or child support payments depending on the length of the marriage and your spouse's ability to work. It's also possible that you will be...
Challenging the Effectiveness of Alternating Week Co-Parenting Schedules
Divorce is tough for California families with children. The children don't get much say when the adults no longer want to spend life together. Parents try to share custody and avoid hostility for the children's sake, but seeing each other weekly for child pickups and...
Understanding the concept of birdnesting
Not all California families can, or are willing to, implement a traditional custody arrangement after a divorce. Birdnesting is a child custody arrangement in which the children stay in the family home while the parents rotate in and out of the residence. This allows...
When can children testify in California child custody cases?
It is unusual for a Family Court judge to have to intervene and decide a child custody arrangement during a California divorce. Most divorcing couples can negotiate a custody settlement, often as part of the uncontested divorce process. However, deep disputes over...
Do fathers automatically lose custody in a divorce?
Divorced fathers in California may not try to fight for custody of their children, assuming that the system is rigged against them. This might seem like the easiest solution, but it can rob you of valuable time that you could have spent raising your children. Here's...
How can you help your children cope with your divorce?
There is no good way to break the news of your divorce to your children. While your marriage may be untenable, you and your spouse’s decision to end it will affect your children’s rhythms, routines and well-being. You may fear that they will have a difficult time...
Should you consider a nesting arrangement for after your divorce?
If you and your spouse are planning to divorce, you will likely fear how your decision could disrupt your children’s lives. No matter your feelings toward each other, you two may be on the same page about parenting and may loathe the idea of shuttling your children...
How to gain the child support payments that you’re owed
According to a U.S. Census Bureau's report in 2018, only 43.5% of children who are owed child support payments receive full payments. During difficult financial periods, this number can go even lower. If you are a custodial parent and you have not been receiving the...
Balance your custody agreement with your job
In California, divorced parents face the challenge of maintaining their custody schedule at the same time as they work to earn a living. This is not always an easy thing to do as being responsible for the children involves set requirements and the need for unscheduled...
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