Category Archives: Child Custody
Child Custody Evaluations
If you have been ordered to participate in a child custody evaluation, you are no doubt worried about how an evaluator will react to you. The stakes are high; understanding the process and doing your best to prepare will ease your mind and help you to make the best impression possible. Why has an… Read More »
Is Split Custody Worth Your Consideration?
When parents divorce, there are many factors that must be weighed in determining custody and visitation expectations. The courts lean toward shared custody agreements that allow for maximum time with each parent, but there are situations in which that’s just not practical. Many couples settle on one parent to hold primary custody, with extensive… Read More »
Are You an Invisible Dad– Unrecognized by the World?
Times are changing, and that is very good news for fathers when it comes to child custody in a divorce. For years, women were presumed to be the “better” parent, and dads felt pretty lucky to see their children every other weekend and maybe one other night a week. But nowadays there are plenty… Read More »
Custody Battles Against a Narcissist
If you are divorcing a narcissist, you will likely experience complications throughout the divorce process. Nowhere will those difficulties be more exasperating than when approaching the issue of child custody. That’s when you will be glad you’ve employed the services of an experienced and no-nonsense divorce attorney. What You’ll Be Dealing With You’re probably… Read More »
Child Order of Protection
Are you concerned about the welfare of your child, when spending time with a former spouse? In Missouri, laws are on the books to provide temporary protective custody for minor children in certain situations. It may be that the situation that is causing you angst could fit the bill. Emergency Custody To be clear,… Read More »
Help! I Want to Change the Custody Agreement I Have with my Ex!
When you first divorced, you and your spouse settled on a custody agreement and visitation plan. But things have changed, and the original agreement is giving you headaches now. It’s not just the parenting plan and visitation that is problematic; you are dissatisfied with the entire custody agreement. What options do you have moving… Read More »
Making 50:50 Custody Work
If divorce is on the horizon and you are worried about your chances of having joint physical custody of your children, you should know that under Missouri law there is every possibility for both parents to be greatly involved with the children post-divorce. The days where mothers are automatically given total custody are long… Read More »
Co-Parenting Tips
Co-parenting with your ex requires communicating and cooperating. This benefits both you and your ex, and, more importantly, makes the children feel safe and loved. Even if you have residual negative feelings toward your ex, experts recommend that you do whatever it takes to make things work for the sake of the kids. Transitioning… Read More »
You’re in for a Custody Battle: What’s on the Table?
In most situations, people agree that children do best when they have a strong relationship with both parents following divorce. Even so, there are cases in which divorcing couples fight over custody issues and one or both feels vehemently that sole custody is the best option. What does the court look at when weighing… Read More »
The Impact of Domestic Violence on Custody in Divorce
When couples with children divorce in Missouri, the courts generally prefer shared physical and legal custody so that each parent can share equally in decision-making and in the raising of the kids to the largest extent possible. But when there is a history of domestic violence (DV) in families, shared living arrangements and decision-making… Read More »
