As a parent who runs a business, you and your spouse have always been on the same page about business travel. You would do most of the business travel for your company, and your spouse would stay home with your child. Now that you’re getting a divorce, something that...
Child Custody
The 8 Symptoms of parental alienation
Divorce has a tendency of breeding bad blood between parents. Unfortunately, sometimes this hostility can cause one parent to use their child or children against the other. Coined by child psychologist Robert Gardner in 1985, parental alienation is a harmful form of...
California parents may face custody, visitation battles
California parents who are facing the end of their marriage may want the best for their children but still find themselves embroiled in some common custody issues. When the process has become contentious, they may have trouble negotiating and sticking to custody,...
Preparing for summer activities in light of a parenting plan
California residents have lots of opportunities to enjoy both long and short vacations in their home state, and many destinations offer great fun for families. However, a parent wanting to travel with their children after a divorce may need to start planning several...
Moving forward with a divorce
It is very common for California couples who are thinking about getting a divorce to take a long time to think through all of the potential pros and cons of doing so. This long decision-making process is good because people are sometimes able to work things out and to...
Parents with substance abuse issues may retain custody
California couples who are ending their relationship may be interested to hear about a famous case from their home state. In 2015, celebrity Kourtney Kardashian announced that she and her partner Scott Disick would be splitting up, raising the question of which...
Actress Kelly Rutherford in child custody battle
Although a California judge ordered Daniel Giersch, the ex-husband of actress Kelly Rutherford, to bring their children to the state for a custody hearing on June 15, another judge has halted the order. Some claim that the issue is whether California or Monaco has...
Children should be focus of parenting plans
Parenting plans allow exes in California to work out details related to decision-making and time-sharing of their children. It is important that exes work together to develop a parenting plan that is in the best interests of their children. When developing these types...
Changing a child custody court order
California allows family court judges to make legally binding orders setting forth who will have legal and physical custody of a child. That order must be observed until such a time as it is altered or superseded by a new order. It is common for parents and other...
Basics of parenting plans for child custody
Parents in California who split up will likely need a parenting plan, also known as custody and visitation agreement. Parenting plans cover important issues involving child custody, such as an agreement when children are with which parent as well as details for how...