Category: Parenting After Divorce
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How To Tell If Your Child Is Struggling With Your Divorce (Part 1)
Children are incredibly adaptable. Their willingness to embrace change and flexibility in the face of upheaval is often quite inspiring. However, just because they can “go with the flow” in many instances, doesn’t mean that a divorce isn’t going to present them with some serious challenges. Another issue that parents need to keep…
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Special Considerations For Special Needs Kids During Divorce. Part Two: Emotional Concerns
As we discussed in part one of this article, caring for a child with special needs is already a job that requires an enormous amount of forbearance, love and tenacity. Consider then, if this task can take a lot out of a strong, intact family, how much more difficult it must be for a…
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Special Considerations For Special Needs Kids During A Divorce. Part One: Financial Concerns
Caring for a special needs child requires a phenomenal amount of patience and dedication, not to mention the added expenses incurred. Even the strongest families can, and do, struggle when faced with the care of a special needs child. Consider then, how much more stressful and overwhelming this situation can be for the parents of…
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Non-Custodial Parenting – How To Make Every Minute Count! (Part 2)
Welcome back and thank you for joining us again for this discussion on how to maximise your visitation time with your child. In the previous article we talked about the first two very important items on our list, namely how much your attitude affects your time together, and the importance of picking your battles.…
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Non-Custodial Parenting – How To Make Every Minute Count! (Part 1)
Ask any parent who used to see their child every day, and now, in the wake of divorce or some other separation, only has visitation. They’ll all say the same thing – the hardest part is the lost time with their child. Across the board, non-custodial parents struggle with the fact that they are…
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Joint Custody – What Happens When You Don’t Agree?
In the majority of standard divorce cases in Michigan, the outcome of the custody arrangement is Joint Legal Custody, which means that regardless of how the physical custody is divided, both parents have equal say in how the child should be raised. While physical custody means the actual location of the child as…
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What You Need To Know About “Deadbeat Dads”
Say the words “deadbeat dad” and very few people have to ask you to clarify. Most people have heard of at least one (usually a great many) dads who abandon their children to the care of a harried single mother who can hardly keep up. Skipping out on child support payments? Of course. Hardly…
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Child Custody in a Michigan Divorce: What Are The Deciding Factors? (Part 2)
Thank you for joining us for the continuation of this discussion about child custody in Michigan, and what deciding factors the court uses to determine custody. As we mentioned in the previous article, there are 12 factors that the court looks at when attempting to decide what custody arrangement would best benefit the child.…
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Child Custody in a Michigan Divorce: What Are The Deciding Factors? (Part 1)
When a divorcing couple’s interactions have become so fraught with anger and resentment, or their opinions are irreconcilably different and they just cannot reach an agreement regarding custody of their children, the court will make those decisions for them. The Michigan family courts will always consider the ‘best interests of the child’ when…
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Why Do Divorced Parents in Movies Always Get Back Together?
A friend recently mentioned watching the original version of The Parent Trap with her kids. You know, the 1961 comedy featuring teenage Hayley Mills, playing twins Sharon and Susan, and the gorgeous Maureen O’Hara playing their mother. Haven’t seen it? Well, perhaps we’re showing our age here, but it’s very cute and lots of…