Category Archives: Child Visitation Rights
What Is Equal Time-Sharing?
Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers passed a groundbreaking piece of legislation that requires courts to presume that equal time-sharing, or a 50/50 split, is in a child’s best interests. While it is possible to overcome this presumption, the law is considered by many to be a major step towards a fairer custody process. 50/50… Read More »
Helping Your Child Adjust To Post-Divorce Life
Making significant changes in a child’s life, regardless of the situation can be difficult, as children often lack the maturity and understanding to fully grasp the nature of the change. Helping a child adapt to these changes can be particularly difficult, however, when two parents are divorced. For instance, even when two parents share… Read More »
What Are Custody Evaluations?
Child custody evaluations are ordered in Florida family law cases where two parents are unable to reach a custody arrangement, with one parent claiming that the other is an unfit parent. In these situations, a judge has discretion to order an evaluation, where a licensed professional will help determine what kind of custody arrangement… Read More »
Makeup Parenting Time Awards
In Florida, child custody is divided into two main categories: time-sharing and parental responsibility. The former refers to how much time a child spends with each parent, while the latter addresses how parents will share responsibility for making decisions on the child’s behalf. Once a court finalizes a divorce, the parenting plan put in… Read More »
Tips For Helping Your Child Make A Smooth Transition To The Classroom
The end of the summer vacation can be stressful, especially for parents who no longer live in the same household, but must work with a time-sharing schedule. Fortunately, there are steps that co-parents can take to help them navigate the back-to-school season more easily, while still focusing on what is best for their children…. Read More »
New Florida Law Creates Rebuttable Presumption Of Equal Time-Sharing
Of the many complicated issues that divorcing couples must contend with when ending a marriage, child custody is perhaps the most emotional and complex. However, a bill that was recently signed into law in Florida aims to clarify parental rights when it comes to child custody. Basically, the law creates a rebuttable presumption that… Read More »
Don’t Overlook These Provisions When Drafting Your Parenting Plan
Parenting plans must contain time-sharing schedules, as well as details about how two parents will make important decisions about their child’s healthcare, education, religion, and general upbringing. It can be easy, however, when drafting these agreements to overlook certain provisions. One of the best ways to ensure that this doesn’t happen to you is… Read More »
Tips For Sharing Custody
One of the biggest issues that divorcing couples (who share children) face is determining what their custody arrangement will look like. If both parents want to share custody 50/50 then they’ll need to work together to come up with a workable arrangement. We’ve included a few tips that can help make this process easier… Read More »
Parenting Plans For Teenagers
All parenting plans, regardless of the children they are created for, contain certain information, including a time-sharing schedule. A parenting plan for a teenager (13-18 years old), however, may need to be customized to fit the needs of a child that age. This can be a difficult endeavor, so if you are co-parenting a… Read More »
Building A Parenting Plan Around Your Child’s School Schedule
Parents with young school-age children encounter a lot more difficulties when drafting a parenting plan, as they must account for that child’s school schedule. This means that besides the terms of a basic parenting plan, parents with children in school will also need to customize their plan to fit their child’s day-to-day school schedule…. Read More »
