Sharing custody with your ex isn't easy, but if they have a bad attitude toward you, that can make things even harder to handle. A bitter ex might threaten to call the police if you ever get stuck in traffic on your way to a custody exchange or constantly come up with...

Divorce is generally difficult for adults to cope with. It can be even more challenging for children. They don't often see the demise of their parents' relationship coming and feel like they have little control.  Some studies show that the period immediately before...

Getting a divorce is difficult. Going through finances, properties, and retirement savings to figure out who gets what is not an easy process. Add in questions about who will raise the children and a difficult process can become emotionally draining. Parents in this...

Trying to establish a shared custody arrangement with your co-parent isn't easy. The two of you probably disagree about what is fair or reasonable. Both of you might want to be with your children on important days like birthdays and holidays. You might alternate these...

One of the most difficult adjustments many divorced parents have to make is not knowing who’s around their child while their co-parent has custody or visitation. How much say do you have in who is allowed to be at your co-parent’s home when your child is there? What...

When parents divorce, custody of the children is typically the hot-button issue between the divorcing spouses. Deciding where the kids will live most of the time can be a wrenching decision that often calls for thinking outside of the box. But there is one option that...

If you’re a divorcing parent who has struggled with substance abuse, you’re not alone. Alcohol and drug addiction issues contribute to the end of many marriages.  Even though you’ve taken charge of your life and are in recovery, you may be concerned that your past...

When couples who share children break up or divorce, most of the time they wind up co-parenting. Shared custody arrangements are the new norm, as the courts want to help preserve the relationships that the children have with both parents. The goal in custody...

Societal norms concerning marriage and child-rearing have altered with time. Once people realized that a woman’s place was not “in the kitchen” or that a woman’s sole purpose in life was not to bear children, it opened up space for fathers to make their own claims for...

Shared custody comes in various forms. In many families, parents try to split parenting time as equally as possible. Some couples end up living far from each other, so one parent takes the children during the school year and the other one takes them during the summer....