Life is constantly changing, and different reasons can make a divorced parent want to move away. However, if both parents have legal custody of the child, the parent who has physical custody cannot move wherever they want to. As the relocation affects the child, the...
Child Custody
What can I do if I disagree with the child custody order?
Losing your ex is hard, but losing your kids on top of that can be unbearable. If you just filed for divorce and the court did not grant you custody of your child, you can ask for an order modification. A judge can change your existing order in a modification case,...
Coping with child custody matters in a contentious divorce
Your marriage floundered, going into a major tailspin. With a spouse who hurled verbal abuse and false accusations at you, you did your best to dodge those arrows. Your children witnessed nearly every incident, every untruth and every curse word that came in your...
What Happens If A Parent Wants To Relocate?
The current job market is a fickle and competitive one. Parents who have lost their jobs during the past year understand the difficulty of finding work in this current economic climate. The added complication of joint custody means that parents need to explore all the...
How to establish boundaries with an ex after divorce
In an ideal world, divorced parents would be able to seamlessly transition from their roles as spouses to co-parents as soon as they signed the divorce papers. Unfortunately, that’s usually not how it works. While you want to communicate and work together with your ex...
How are conservatorship conflicts resolved in Texas?
You and your spouse may not see eye to eye on matters of conservatorship as you divorce. And neither of you may want to budge on your positions. But you will need to resolve any conflicts before your divorce finalizes. If you cannot do so on your own, you have two...
Protecting your child: The International Hague Convention
As a parent of a child who has two parents from different countries, you know that your divorce has more custody concerns than others. You may worry that your spouse will take your child to his or her country and fail to bring your little one home. You could worry...
Guide your kids through the hurricane of holiday custody
Children of divorced parents experience stresses that their friends living in two-parent nuclear families know nothing about. This is especially true over the holidays, a time when kids of all ages can yearn for the type of family unity they may only dimly remember....
Modifying child custody and support in Texas
If your child has experienced a change in his or her circumstances, you may be considering modifying the terms of support, visitation, or child custody.Under Texas law, it is possible for modifications to be made, however a parent must demonstrate that there has been...
How do you decide what’s really in a child’s best interests?
You probably hear it all the time: The focus of a child custody divorce case should be deciding what is in the best interests of the child. The goal here is to focus on the kids - who did not ask for the divorce, after all - so that the troubles their parents are...
