You may have heard that modern courts are more likely to give out shared custody than joint custody. It is true that there’s been a shift over the decades. Shared custody is often preferential to joint custody, ensuring that the child sees both parents. Just knowing...
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Child Custody
Do you need to change your custody schedule for the summer?
Custody schedules are often set up in a way that works well during the school year. If you have two children who go to school, for instance, you just need to know which parent is supposed to pick them up and drop them off. During the summer, everything changes....
How can co-parents ensure consistency between households?
The disruption in life brought about by a divorce can affect the children in several ways. For starters, raising a child requires consistency, which may be difficult to achieve with two households. The rules may be different for both parents, and it may be challenging...
Should you share or divide the holidays with your children?
It can be hard to decide the right way to share child custody with your ex. Making arrangements for the day-to-day needs of your children can require a lot of compromise between former spouses. Holidays can also present unique custody challenges. Parents will...
What judges take into account in child custody cases
In a contested divorce, making the right decision in a child custody case is critical to the child's future. This is why judges base their decisions on the child's best interests. If you are locked in a child custody battle with your ex-spouse, it is essential to know...
Don’t forget your child’s birthday in your parenting plan
As you and your co-parent work out your parenting schedule, you’ll likely negotiate a “typical” school week schedule and then work out summer as well as winter and spring break schedules. You’ll include holidays that are important to your child or the family where you...
How do you know when it’s time to update your custody order?
The custody order or parenting plan from your New Hampshire divorce determines all of your responsibilities and rights as a parent. You and your ex need to abide by the terms set in that order and work with one another to share custody of your children. Even if you...
Families with multiple children may want split custody
Shared custody after a divorce can come in many different forms. Most of the time, parents alternate responsibilities for the children. They may split custody as equally as possible or have one parent spend more time with the children while the other provides...
Parallel parenting may be the answer to your child custody woes
Have you ever heard the term “parallel parenting?” Although it is not necessarily a new child custody and parenting plan concept, many people are not familiar with this idea. As you probably know, co-parenting children after divorce comes with many challenges. You...
Can your kids refuse to go to your ex’s for their parenting time?
If you have minor children, sharing custody with your ex can be the hardest part of divorce. You have to go days or sometimes weeks without seeing your kids. You also have no control over what happens when your children are with your ex. The only thing harder than...
