Blog Posts in 2016

How Divorced Parents Can Prevent International Child Abduction

Divorced parents often worry their ex might abscond with their children, taking them across state lines. But parents who are divorced from foreign nationals have a greater fear, international child abduction. If your ex takes your child to a foreign country, the legal hurdles you face in establishing timesharing and getting your child returned are extremely challenging, time-consuming and costly. ...

What to Do if You Suspect Parental Alienation

Divorced parents have an obligation to support their child’s relationship with the other parent as much as is reasonably possible. Unfortunately, many parents engage in destructive behavior, either deliberately or thoughtlessly, that undermines the child’s relation with the other parent. This includes subtle or overt rewards for rejecting the other parent as well as punishments for maintaining a ...

Healthcare Considerations During a Divorce

If you are considering divorce, there may be a number of practical concerns holding you back, including what you might do about healthcare coverage. If you have been on your spouse’s employee benefits plan, you will probably be ineligible after your divorce. That means you have to explore available alternatives, learn how much each option might cost, and make healthcare part of your marital ...

Do Disabled Parents in Florida Have a Right to Timesharing?

When Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill that would have amended Florida alimony and timesharing laws, his stated objection was that the new law would have put “the wants of a parent before the child’s best interest.” State laws throughout the nation hold that the preeminent consideration in a timesharing order must be the best interests of the child. For disabled parents, proving that an order giving ...