Most people agree that having a mom and a dad who love and support each other and their children is the best scenario for a family. However, single parenting does not mean unsuccessful parenting; myriads of children raised by a single parent are living rich, full, and successful lives. If you …
Co-Parenting Successfully
Being a parent is the most demanding, most rewarding, and most important job in the world. We get very little, if any, training for the position. Ideally, there are two parents working together to help carry the load. Even when the parents live in the same house it is exhausting and …
What can I expect when deciding custody or parenting time for my child?
How will child custody be resolved? It's a very difficult question, and it's a question that causes many people a great deal of pain and consternation. Child custody is one of the most difficult divorce issues. There are many professionals that operate solely within the realm of family law or child …
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Divorce: How to Break It to Your Children
Divorce rates are at an all-time high in California with numbers rising in Los Angeles and Orange County. Where there are more marriages going through divorces, there are more children brought onto the emotional rollercoaster. Our best advice for parents in this situation is to have the children …
Move-Away Cases Involving Minor Children
You Can't Just Pick Up And Move. In prior years, under the case Marriage of Burgess, the "primary custodial parent" had the presumptive right to relocate to a different geographic area with the minor children. However, under 2004 California Supreme Court case, in Marriage of LaMusga …
How Do You Rate Your Separation?
When parents separate, they worry about the effect of their separation on the kids. Not only is there data to suggest that adults whose parents separated when they were children are at greater risk of divorce themselves, but also data that suggests the greater the parental conflict during …
Children and Divorce: Commonly Asked Questions
When do we tell our children we're divorcing? It's important to make sure that the decision to divorce is final before telling your children about the divorce. The mistake that some people make is to tell their children they're going to get a divorce when they're not sure the divorce will actually …
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