How Virginia Beach Parents Can Modify Custody and Visitation Orders When Life Circumstances Change Life in Virginia Beach moves quickly. Parents move for work. Military families receive new orders. Children’s needs evolve as they get older. When these changes happen, the custody and visitation order that once worked may no longer fit your family’s new …
The holidays should be a time of wonder, not conflict. But when you’re co-parenting after a divorce or separation, those same holidays are usually more stressful than wonderful. Who gets the kids on Christmas morning? How will you split time fairly, so nobody feels hurt? School breaks, family events, travel plans – it’s easy for …
Each November, National Family Caregivers Month recognizes the millions of family members who quietly shoulder the responsibility of caring for aging parents, disabled spouses, or loved ones facing chronic illness. These caregivers provide much more than meals, medication, and transportation. Their personal sacrifices are largely unnoticed, and yet they continue to show up out of …
Schedule a Free Consultation Few situations are more legally serious than a parent being denied access to their child. When a co-parent refuses to honor your parenting schedule, or visitation order, or refuses to let you see your child at all, it can leave you feeling heartbroken and helpless. Fortunately, state laws provide legal tools …
Schedule a Free ConsultationRelocation is a reality in today’s world. Whether it’s for a job, greater financial stability, family support, or safety, moving is just part of modern life. But after a separation or divorce, family courts must often decide whether and how far apart parents can live from each other when making relocation decisions. …
For many families, love goes beyond the traditional boundaries of parent and child. Sometimes, when biological parents are unable to provide care, relatives step forward to ensure that children are not left without a stable, loving home. In Florida, this is known as kinship adoption, a legal process that allows grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, or …
Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights: How the Court Decides Adoption is one of the most rewarding areas of family law because it gives children the chance of a safe, stable, and permanent home. For adoptive parents, it can represent the fulfillment of a dream. For children, it provides security and a sense of loving permanence within a family. However, adoption also involves legalities that must first be addressed. For an adoption to move forward, …
Fall Family Checklist: 6 Legal Essentials to Prepare for the Holidays Legal issues don’t just pause for the holiday season. In fact, questions about custody, visitation, and support often become even more pressing as families juggle year-end schedules and obligations. As family law attorneys, we often see a surge of disputes around every holiday season, most of which could have been avoided …
7 Tips for Navigating Halloween as a Divorced Parent For most families, Halloween is one of the most anticipated nights of the year. Who doesn’t love the streets filled with costumed kids (and adults) going from house to house? But for divorced parents, Halloween can present some complications. Who gets to trick-or-treat this year? Who is responsible for costumes? Parties? School functions? Bedtime schedules and making sure the kids don’t consume the whole …
The Role of Amicus Attorneys in Parent-Child Cases in Laredo By the time a high-conflict custody dispute has reached a Texas courtroom, the lives of the family are already under a microscope. Each parent tells a different story, and witnesses may be giving competing accounts. And somewhere in the middle of all of this is a child who needs safety, stability, and security. In Laredo and throughout …
Schedule a Free Consultation When parents separate or divorce, tensions can run high, especially when children and child custody are involved. Frustration. Anger. Grief. Resentment. These emotions can all come to the surface when parenting disputes arise. Unfortunately, in some cases, these intense emotions can turn into something far more destructive when one parent intentionally …
6 Tips to Keeping the Peace with Your Co-Parent During the Upcoming Holidays The holiday season should be a time of family joy and special traditions. But if you’re co-parenting after a separation or divorce, it can also be full of conflict and stress. Conflicting schedules, competing traditions, and deciding who will attend which function …
Who Gets the Kids for the Holidays? 5 Key Considerations For most families, the holidays are an exciting time full of family, food, and well-loved traditions. But for divorced or separated parents, those same seasonal festivities can be overshadowed by scheduling conflicts and making sure that children feel loved even when their parents live in …
International Travel and Child Custody in Texas: What Parents in Laredo Need to Know Co-parenting after divorce or separation comes with challenges, but these can feel even more pressing when international travel is involved. This concern is particularly real for families in border cities where international travel is common. If you live in Laredo, Texas, …
When parents separate or divorce, one of the most stressful concerns is who will have custody – or conservatorship – of the children. For immigrant parents in Texas – whether lawful permanent residents, visa holders, or undocumented – the added question of whether citizenship or immigration status will affect parental rights is an even greater …
Back-to-school season brings the familiar flurry of school supplies, early wake-up times, and new routines. But for newly separated parents, it can also create lots of conflict and stress. The new school year will require a coordination of schedules, transportation, supplies, and communication, all during a difficult shifting family dynamic. With the right structure in …
Divorce doesn’t just end a marriage. It affects every corner of the family. And for teenagers, this family shift can be especially difficult. Unlike younger children, teens are old enough to understand what’s going on. But they often lack the tools to process it effectively. High-conflict divorces and drawn-out custody disputes can make teens feel …
Celebrating Grandparents’ Day: The Pillars of Family Support Each year, National Grandparents’ Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day, this year falling on September 7. And this is the perfect time to explore the roles of grandparents in family law cases. For many families, grandparents aren’t just extended family members; they’ve been …