Posts Tagged ‘ child custody ’

Moving Away With Your Kids Could Land You In Court

There is possibly no more emotionally complicated experience in life than going through a divorce involving children. This can be made even more complicated where the custodial parent needs to relocate with the children following the divorce, resulting in the parents of the children being many miles apart. The need to relocate to another state […]

Can I Move Away With My Kids After Divorce?

Life changes after divorce and resilient people change with it. You might be seeking a higher paying job, needing the support of your family, or beginning a new relationship in a different city or state. If you have sole or joint custody of your children, the question is, can you move away and take the […]

Planning to Relocate After Divorce? Know the Law.

No one starts a family knowing that one day they’ll want to split up with the father or mother of their children. Unfortunately, divorces do happen, and parents must make difficult decisions about how to raise their children in two different households.   To complicate matters, after a divorce, it may be nearly impossible to […]

How to Lower Your Child Support Payments

Every parent has a legal obligation to support their children. If you are not married, or get divorced or separated, you may be required to pay a certain amount of your income in child support to the custodial parent. Child support payments are based on each parent’s income, time spent with the child, the number […]

5 Things to Consider When Relocating Children After a Divorce

After a divorce, it is not uncommon to want to start your new life as soon as possible. If this involves a relocation and there are children involved, you will want to carefully consider how it may impact their lives. Will they feel like they are being uprooted from life as they know it? What […]

My Ex Won’t Agree to A Move Away Order

After a divorce, you may want to move with your children for a new job, to be closer to your family, or just to get a fresh start. Parental rights are heavily protected in both New York and California, and you don’t have the right to just pick up and move away. Your ex, in […]

Even Amicable Divorces Affect Kids

The financial and emotional concerns that parents face when entering into a divorce can be overwhelming, including questions of who will get the familial residence, how all of the family’s property will be divided, whether or not spousal and child support will be awarded, who will obtain custody of the children and make decisions regarding […]

Support for Securing More Child Custody Rights for Fathers

The family law system has traditionally favored mothers, sometimes leaving fathers disconnected from the program, and their children. Though this aspect has changed drastically over the last couple of decades, there are still plenty of improvements to be made. Establishing Paternity The first challenge, particularly for unwed fathers, is establishing paternity. A mother who is […]

What are a Father’s Rights When it Comes to Child Support?

The courts no longer favor the mother over the father in child custody matters but in many cases and for whatever reasons, the mother does retain primary child custody. In these matters, the father will typically have to pay child support based on state guidelines. If this is your situation, it does not mean that […]

Gaining Custody of a Child from a Co-parent in Los Angeles

When talking about custody of children, there are two kinds of custody; legal and physical. Legal custody Legal custody gives a parent or parents the power to make decisions about the children’s health, education and welfare. This includes deciding where the children go to school or whether they should get braces on their teeth. If […]