Posts belonging to Category Visitation

MISSISSIPPI’S GRANDPARENT VISITATION STATUTE IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Mississippi law in Section 93-16-3(1), provides for grandparent visitation: (1) Whenever a court of this state enters a decree or order awarding custody of a minor child to one (1) of the parents of the child or terminating the parental rights of one (1) of the parents of a minor child, or whenever one (1) [...]

Coach Judy’s Practical Tips: How Children Are Effected by Divorce

Coach Judy’s Practical Tips: What to Avoid So Children Can Achieve Success If you could turn back the clock just before the relationship deteriorated or during the legal process, what would you have done differently to save the pain and anger you or your children may be experiencing then or now? Too often, relationship end [...]

CHILDREN

Many factors are involved in determining the parenting arrangement after divorce, including but not limited to, the parents’ abilities to cooperate and communicate, and the parents’ historic roles during the marriage, and feasibility of a parenting arrangement considering the work responsibilities of the parents, and proximity of their homes after the divorce.  Issues of abuse [...]

BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS FOR CO-PARENTS

A repost of an article by Jai Kissoon, of OurFamilyWizard.com.  We recommend that all divorced parents explore the site as a possibility of making co-parenting easier and more effective. The new school year is quickly approaching and its time to start preparing. If you and your co-parents both take part in the upbringing of your [...]

Do fathers and mothers have equal rights when it comes to custody/time-sharing with their children?

Do fathers and mothers have equal rights when it comes to custody/time-sharing with their children? At a time when most families are two income households and the mother is not always the primary caregiver for the children, this shouldn’t be a controversial question. The first thing to know is that Florida no longer awards custody [...]

Does paying child support and exercising visitation rights go hand in hand?

Most people are under the assumption that if a parent (payor) fails to pay their child support obligation, the other parent (payee) has the right to withhold timesharing between the payor and the child(ren). There are many parents who enter into settlement agreements that specify detailed timesharing arrangements as well as the amount of child [...]

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