Category Archives: Child Custody
Can You Delegate Your Parenting Time To Someone Else?
How do families spend time together on the weekends? The short answer is it depends, and it’s none of your business. In one family, the whole family commits to doing chores all day on Saturday and then goes to the park on Sunday and picks up dinner from Raising Cane’s on the way home,… Read More »
Will You Still Be The Primary Parent After Your Divorce?
The phenomenon of primary parenting has ruined marriages since long before it had a name. Primary parenting is where one parent takes on a disproportionate share of the mundane tasks involved in the children’s care, such as baths and bedtime routines, as well as the decisions involved in their care, such as scheduling dentists’… Read More »
The Silver Lining Of Co-Parenting After Divorce
Conflict over parenting is nearly a universal experience, but it is more painful than anyone tells you. Two weeks ago, as you drove to the hospital for the birth of your child, you and your spouse giddily anticipated your adventures as a family of three, and now your spouse is screaming at you like… Read More »
Summer Is The Time For Divorced Parents To Make Holiday Plans
Parents love to complain about how summer vacation cannot be over soon enough. The days when your children’s laments about boredom seem interminable, especially when everything you might do that could cheer them up costs a fortune. It is better that you should enjoy the days of being annoyed by your children’s laziness and… Read More »
Alabama Introduces Paid Parental Leave For State Employees
Alabama is famous for its beautiful weather and the willingness of its people to help their neighbors and extended family, but it is not known for its employee-friendly laws. For example, many states have minimum wage laws, but Alabama does not; it only requires employers to pay employees the federal minimum wage, which is… Read More »
Proposed Law Would Make 50/50 Parenting Time The Standard
No one wins in a divorce, but when the parents of minor children get a divorce, everyone loses. Even if your parenting plan awards you six nights per week with your children, the one night in the week that they are not with you feels like a loss. Every holiday that you spend away… Read More »
Can A Mental Health Counselor’s Testimony Affect The Outcome Of Your Co-Parenting Dispute?
Most people who get divorced do not do so on a whim. They only file for divorce after they have tried to resolve their differences with their spouse and reached the conclusion that their efforts will not work. Some states recognize covenant marriage, although Alabama does not; in a covenant marriage, the court will… Read More »
Looking At Co-Parenting From Your Ex-Spouse’s Perspective
Therapists will tell you that you are the protagonist of your own story, and that you should think of yourself as a sympathetic character, even a heroic one. Of course, influencers who only ask you for clicks instead of an insurance co-pay will tell you the same thing. There is nothing wrong with thinking… Read More »
Co-Parenting A Child With A Chronic Illness
Parenting plans provide a road map for almost every aspect of raising children with your ex-spouse, except for financial matters. Most parents put the most effort, and the most conflict, into provisions about holiday parenting time; sometimes the courts have ruled that, in odd-numbered years, the children will spend Black Friday with Mom, who… Read More »
Setting Boundaries With Your Co-Parent Is Important, Even If The Court Does Not Order You To Engage In Parallel Parenting
One of the most important lessons you must learn as a parent is that you cannot control everything. For example, you might struggle with the fact that your teen does not share your views on religion, politics, or social etiquette, but you will eventually have to accept that what your son or daughter believes,… Read More »