Child Custody

After your divorce, who will be watching the kids during your ex-spouse’s parenting time? On the surface, the answer probably seems obvious: your ex-spouse. The problem, however, is that you have no real way of knowing exactly how “hands-on” your ex will be when it...

Coordinating your own schedule can already be a difficult process. As a parent you must multiply scheduling responsibilities by how many children you have. And as a co-parent you need to develop a parenting plan that molds into both you and your ex’s schedules....

Going through a divorce when you have children takes the focus off you because you have to do what's best for the children. In some cases, what's best for them is difficult for you. Going into the situation without having to worry about falling for common...

One challenge of divorce when you have children is determining what type of parenting arrangement is going to work. The court demands that the parenting plan is in the child's best interests, so you must ensure that you keep that at the heart of every decision you...

One of the most important things for co-parents to remember is that your child's best interests must remain at the heart of every decision that you make. This isn't always easy, especially if you and your ex don't agree on what's best. Several things might help ensure...

There is nothing easy about sharing one's children with an ex-partner. A parent may be used to seeing their child every day and having an active role in their development. When that parent chooses to divorce their co-parent and live separately from them, though, they...

Even though winter does not technically begin for another month, Michigan has already received cold winds, precipitation and other signs of the coming season. Although few people enjoy dealing with the hard winters that this region has come to know, many look forward...

It is a difficult task to determine where a child should live and who may care for that child when the child's parents go through a divorce. In Michigan, courts may evaluate a number of different factors to decide how to serve a child's "best interests" when questions...

Being a parent is hard. A parent is expected and required to provide their child with their basic needs, such as food, shelter, and clothing. They must also give their child intangible love, care, and support to help them grow both emotionally and physically....