Category: Custody & Parenting Time
Illinois ‘Equal Parenting Time’ Bill Sees Major Opposition Second Year in a Row
There is clear scientific evidence that a need for legal guidance exists if children are to have equal time with their mothers and fathers. Learn how you can help children get the parenting time they deserve in Illinois.
Dad Gains Primary Custody After Judge Declares Mother’s Bitterness Is Abuse
A UK dad won sole physical custody of the kids when their mother’s bitterness became emotionally abusive. Read on for tips for how to process the pain of divorce without impacting the kids.
Judge Dismissed Over Parenting Time Tampering Loses Pension
New Jersey Superior Court judge dismissed after lying to police in a friend’s custody matter has lost her state pension.
New Zealand Refuses to Return Child Kidnapped From Malaysia
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction established rules for returning children to their home countries when abducted by a parent, but when one of the countries involved in a custody dispute hasn’t signed the agreement, those protections sometimes go out the window.
Second Opinion Denied to Dad Who Doesn’t Believe His 6-Year-Old is Transgender
A six-year-old child who identifies as a girl when he’s with his mother and as a boy when he’s with his father is at the center of an intense Texas custody battle, in which the mother has exclusive rights to make decisions regarding mental health.
How Single Parents can Turn the Stress of the Holiday Season Into Fond Memories Your Children Will Cherish
The holiday season is rife with harsh memories and emotions, especially for disunited families, that can leave some single parents – and their children – feeling overwhelmed. Care for yourself during the holidays by managing stressors in healthy ways.
Biological Father Awarded Parenting Rights in California Case Recognizing Three Parents
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, California’s Third District Court of Appeal found in favor of a biological father (known as C.A.) who now shares parenting rights with a married woman and her husband.
Supreme Court of India Says Fathers Can Remarry and Retain Custody
The Supreme Court of India says parents can remarry without risking custody.
Florida School Board Recognizes Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
Parental alienation syndrome (PAS) hurts children and prevents them from having time they deserve with both their mother and father. Now the Brevard County School Board has committed to drawing attention to the problem.
Ability to Show Police a Parenting Time Order as Important Now as it Was in 2018
Keep a copy of your parenting time order with you or in your car at all times. It not only can help you protect your rights, but it can keep you out of jail. For example, retired NBA player Matt Barnes could have gone to jail, but instead, he drove away with his 9-year-old twins, and their mother, reality TV-star Gloria Govan, was arrested on charges of felony child endangerment.
