Category Archives: Child Visitation Rights
Co-Parenting Tips for the Coming School Year
Balancing employment, with paying bills, maintaining a household, and raising a child can be challenging on its own, but attempting to co-parent with your former partner can make these situations even more difficult, especially during the school year. Fortunately, there are a number of steps that parents can take to make this process easier,… Read More »
The Ins and Outs of Child Custody Exchanges
Couples with children who file for divorce must submit a parenting plan to the court, in which they propose a time sharing agreement. In many cases, these plans are approved if both parents’ agree to their terms and the court deems the arrangement to be in the child’s best interests. In other cases, the… Read More »
The Pros and Cons of Using Co-Parenting Apps
Although many parents try to co-parent as best as they can, doing so can be a difficult endeavor, especially following a particularly stressful, emotional, or acrimonious divorce. Negotiating a detailed parenting plan can go a long way towards eliminating some of the difficulties often faced by divorced parents, as can attending counseling or seeking… Read More »
What is Overparenting?
Although many people imagine that children of divorce are given less attention from both of their parents, or enjoy a less stable environment, the reality is that it is actually quite common for divorced parents to increase their efforts towards providing a loving home and strong parental supervision for their children following the dissolution… Read More »
Filing a Petition for Grandparent Visitation
In 2015, Florida lawmakers made significant changes to the state law that addressed grandparent visitation. Prior to the enactment of these changes, a grandparent could only petition the court for visitation rights if that child’s parents’ marriage had been dissolved, one of the parents had deserted the child, or the child’s parents were never… Read More »
