If if you have children outside of marriage in Florida, you should get a court approved Parenting Plan. Or risk not being able to see your child until a court figures things out. This is true even if you are the named father on the birth certificate. A recent case out of Florida’s 5th District …
For divorcing parents, a new Florida court ruling makes it harder for one parent to request ultimate authority to make decisions for the parties’ children. Florida resolves custody issues for divorcing parents through a Parenting Plan. Put differently a Parenting Plan is a custody order. Parenting Plans have to address how divorced parents will …
To protect children in a divorce, a trial court sometime has to include parenting restrictions in the child custody order. Examples of protective restrictions are supervised visits, reductions in parenting time, counseling requirements, or requirements related to a parent’s substance abuse problem. Sometimes the restrictions are directly related to a parent’s problems or behavior, and …
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My best advice for parents going through a divorce? It’s just like the instructions flight attendants give to passengers at the start of a plane ride. Divorce is traumatic. Even though my ex-spouse is still a good friend, getting a divorced after 20 years was traumatic for me. When something traumatic happens, people have a …
The High Conflict Diversion Program helps to resolve issues by teaching new methods of communication and negotiation. By empowering the parent, their ability to redirect to a calm, practical, emotionally healthy state becomes a model and positive life lesson for their children. Source: High Conflict Diversion Program | Life Lessons of Manasota | Parenting Courses | …
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What is Nesting All About? Nesting is about minimizing disruption for the children when their parents are separating. The idea is based upon having the children remain in the family home while the parents rotate in and out during their parenting time. When it is mom’s time Source: What is Nesting All About? Interesting …
Exchanging the Kids Can Be Rushed and Awkward Exchanging the kids with your former spouse can be rushed and awkward – even with the most cooperative parents. You are in a rush to leave, your former spouse is in a rush, and your kids are moving as fast as they can. Adding to the confusion can …
The Forgotten Shoe and the Problem with Frequent Exchanges I have great kids, but they always are forgetting some important item – a shoe, a text book, a football jersey. Pretty much whatever you can imagine, my kids have forgotten to bring it in the car. Many parenting plans have children spending equal time with …
In the real world, when something is not working for our kids we change it. If the soccer team has a bad coach, we gracefully switch teams or leagues. If our child’s cheer-leading team is taking up too much family time, we make a change. If a great babysitter has moved two hours away, we find a …