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A divorce with children often presents many challenges, but your kids deserve the best out of both of their parents, whether or not you can stand one another. It's important to remember that parents can and should succeed at coparenting.
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Parental Rights and Responsibilities
Divorce can be incredibly stressful when children are involved. Learning about your parental rights and responsibilities can help to reduce additional anxiety down the road.
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Positive Parenting Through Divorce
Divorce reshapes families, and kids can still thrive. From breaking the news to building strong co-parenting habits, this guide offers strategies to support your children through every stage of the transition.
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Divorce and Co-Parenting: Is Birdnesting Right for You?
Some divorced parents are turning to a rare custody arrangement called birdnesting to ease the transition for their kids—but it requires serious coordination and emotional resilience. Could it be the gentlest way to split?
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How to Hire a Family Law Attorney
Handling a divorce, custody dispute, or adoption? Learn when legal representation might help—and when you may be able to manage a family law matter on your own.
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The Best Interests of the Child: Factors Judges Consider in Deciding Custody
Learn what judges look for when they're deciding which parenting arrangements would be in the children's best interests.
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Understanding what it means to be custodial parent is key to negotiating the custody arrangement you want.
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Differences Between Legal and Physical Child Custody
What's the difference between legal and physical custody, and what do they look like?
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How to Deal With an Ex Who's Withholding Child Visitation
Learn about your rights to parenting time and how you can enforce those rights when the other parent won't let you see your child.
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What To Do If a Child Refuses Visitation
Learn about your responsibilities and possible consequences when your child won't see the other parent or cooperate with your custody order—including when the child's age makes a difference.
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Child Custody and Domestic Violence
Victims of domestic violence and their children have access to protection by law. Find out how to protect yourself and your children.
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How Alcohol and Drug Use Affects Custody Decisions
A parent’s alcohol or drug use can impact a custody decision. But how much of a factor is it? Learn how alcohol and drug use can affect a custody case.
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Child Custody Mediation: How It Works and Tips for Success
Child custody can be one of the most contentious issues in a divorce. Learn more about how child custody mediation can help divorcing couples come up with the best solutions for their families.
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Child Support: How Judges Decide the Amount
If you want to know how much child support you'll pay (or receive), state guidelines are the starting point.
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Enforcing Child Support Orders: Dealing With a Deadbeat Parent
Find out what happens when child support isn't paid, and how a parent can enforce a child support order.
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How to Modify Child Support Payments
Whether you're paying child support or receiving payments, you might think the current amount should change. Learn when and why a judge will modify child support.
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What Child Support Can and Cannot Be Used For
Custodial parents have a lot of discretion when it comes to spending child support, but can the paying parent ever challenge how the custodial parent is using the money?
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How to Impute Income for Child Support
Child support isn’t just about income—it’s also about intent. Judges can “impute” earnings to parents who purposely underwork or hide money, ensuring kids still get the support they need. But proving it isn’t always easy.
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How to Respond To a Child Support Petition
Learn what you need to do when you receive a petition or other formal request for child support, and what can happen if you don't respond.
