After a divorce, it can be a challenge to co-parent effectively with your ex. It can become even more challenging if one parent decides to move away and take the kids with him or her. If your ex has said they want to move out of state, or more than one hundred miles...
It’s back-to-school time. For parents, that means major changes in schedule and focus. Kids aren’t just starting school, they’re reengaging in extra-curricular activities and reconnecting with friends, too. Ideally, your parenting order makes clear what everyone’s...
Once your legal decision-making authority and parenting time arrangements are approved by a court, it can be hard, but not impossible, to change them. It depends in part on why you think you need to change your parenting order. A decision to change a parenting order...
If you have good reason to fear your ex may harm or neglect your children, there may be a chance to change your parenting order. However, doing this is only allowed on a very limited basis. In general, you have to wait a year since your last parenting order was issued...
After a divorce or parenting case, it is usual for each parent to have a share of the total time available with the children. This share is called their “parenting time.” A court order for parenting time is just that – a court order. Once it is in place, the parents...
From time to time, it becomes necessary for one parent to move out of Arizona with the kids. You may have to get permission from an Arizona court to move away with your children, which will depend on whether the move is in the children's best interest. It is generally...
Depending on the circumstances, you may be able to. It depends in part on what your arrangements for legal decision making and parenting time are. Ultimately, the court will decide whether the relocation is in the children's best interest.Let's assume you share legal...
Absolutely. You should never interfere with your child's other parent's parenting time. Your parenting order is a court order. Even if you think you have a very good reason for denying parenting time, you could face serious consequences. Instead, you should seek to...
Once you have an order in place regarding parental decision making and parenting time, you may expect everything to continue as normal. Then, one day, everything changes. You lose your job or your ex loses their job. Or another crisis emerges that requires you to...
Deciding who will get the kids over spring break may be as simple as consulting your divorce agreement, but you need to structure it right.As you negotiate your parenting agreement, consider whether you plan to do something special with spring break, like travel, take...