Co Parenting Articles
Business Travel and Child Custody
Business travel never rebounded after the pandemic, and it likely never will. In 2020, employers learned to keep costs low and achievements high without pricey business trips. They started relying on web-based technologies to get the jobs done. Nonetheless, business travel remains a part of life for many parents. Can your company travel schedule impact […]
Promoting Self-Reliance in Your Children
Your three-year-old has swiped your car keys and is heading out the door to start your car. Meanwhile, your six-year-old begs you to help him put on his flip-flops. Somewhere in between these two extremes, there’s a sweet spot of independence for your children. Self-reliance, or independence, is part of life’s natural progression. Children should […]
Splitting Student Loan Debt After Splitting Up
As if breaking up isn’t hard enough to do, splitting student loan debt can add another complex layer in untangling yourself from your former spouse. Many factors play a part in answering the question, “Who pays what?” Read on to learn more about the legal aspects of splitting student loans after a divorce to help […]
How to Stay Out of Court Over Child Care Disputes
Raising kids is always a challenge—even happily married couples won’t see eye-to-eye on everything. But you don’t have to go to court when you and your ex disagree on child-related issues. In fact, the court system would rather you work out a solution without their help. Co-parenting debates clog up the judicial system and prevent […]
Working on Child Support After Losing a Job
Job loss doesn’t automatically free a non-custodial parent from their monthly child support payments. Additional fines and legal troubles result if the parent doesn’t amend their child support payment in the right way. So what’s a parent to do when their income doesn’t meet their financial obligations? Any co-parent who has suffered a significant change […]
What if Your Child Wants to Live With the Other Parent?
If you’re like most parents, preserving a close relationship with your child after your divorce tops your priority list. Despite your best efforts as a parent, don’t be surprised if your child utters, whines, or outright yells something close to: “I want to go live with [insert your ex’s title here]!” How should a stressed-out, […]
Setting a Rumor Straight: Child Support Ends at Age 18
It’s a well-circulated rumor that child support automatically ends when the supported child turns 18 years old. For some, that magic number holds true, but not for everyone, of course. The age at which a parent no longer has to pay child support varies from state to state and depends on several factors: State laws […]
Can a Parent Go to Jail for Not Paying Child Support?
In short, yes. Withholding child support payments can result in a jail sentence. Serving time in jail may sound like an overly harsh punishment to some, but sometimes that kind of negative motivation is necessary to convince others to act in good faith. However, rarely does any one action (or inaction) boil down to one […]
6 Tips on Being the Best Co-parenting Dad You Can Be
After a divorce, quality time with the kids is critical bonding and adjustment time for both fathers and children. Often, dads split custody with their ex-spouse and see their kids only sometimes during a week. And non-custodial fathers spend even fewer hours with their kids than their ex does. Dads, it’s essential that when your […]