If you're in a custody battle with a co-parent who's seeking primary or sole custody of your children, you may not be thinking or acting rationally. You may be consumed by anger that your fitness as a parent is being challenged.Your goal is to demonstrate to the court...
Family Law
Report: New York law doesn’t support shared parenting
Most parents agree, as do many parenting experts, that it's typically best when divorced couples share in the parenting responsibilities. However, if divorcing parents aren't able to arrive at a custody and visitation agreement on their own, they have to turn to the...
How co-parents can model a healthy relationship for their teens
Divorcing parents of teens often face the challenge of ending their marriages just as their children are entering into their first romantic relationships.Talking to teens about relationship issues and what's necessary for a health relationship can be challenging under...
Recognizing the challenges of parental divorce for an only child
Divorcing parents who have multiple children may believe that they have to deal with more challenges than couples with just one child. After all, they have to help kids of different ages cope with all of the changes to their lives and work out a custody arrangement...
Helping your kids adjust if you have to move after divorce
When couples with children divorce, the parent who gets primary custody often tries to remain in the family home so that their children don't have to leave their school, their neighborhood friends and so much else that's familiar to them. However, that's not always...
Does a postnuptial agreement make sense for you and your spouse?
If you didn't get around to creating a prenuptial agreement, regardless of the reason, you may want to consider a postnuptial agreement -- widely known as a postnup.Prenups and postnups serve the same purpose. The primary difference is when the document is created. As...
What does it mean to financially prepare for divorce?
If you've decided to divorce, your immediate attention will turn to matters regarding child custody, child support, spousal support and property and debt division.While all of these things are important, don't wait too long to financially prepare for the divorce...
Follow these tips to ease tension when asking for a divorce
Asking for a divorce can be one of the tensest situations you ever face. This is particularly true if your spouse doesn't know how you feel.As difficult as it may be, you don't want to hold back from having this conversation. Here are several tips you can follow to...
Get ready for divorce with a property division checklist
Although every aspect of the divorce process is important, it's hard not to focus most of your time and attention on property division. The steps that you take to prepare yourself will impact how you negotiate with your soon-to-be ex-spouse, as well as which assets...
Will you do these things when asking for a prenuptial agreement?
As your wedding day gets closer, you will soon realize that you only have a limited period of time to ask for a prenuptial agreement and work through the many details. This should push you toward the conversation sooner rather than later.Asking for a prenuptial...

