Military orders can quickly disrupt how divorced or separated parents share time with their children. Regular parenting time can become difficult after a transfer to a distant duty station. If you are a military parent facing relocation, you may worry that your...
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Child Custody and Visitation
Long-distance co-parenting: how to keep your family connected
When a parent moves out of state or even out of the country, this can challenge child custody or parenting plans. It may require new rules to make sure both parents keep strong ties with their children. Successfully managing these changes helps keep family bonds...
Traveling internationally with kids after a divorce
Traveling abroad with your child after a divorce brings up more than just passports and packing. You also have to consider legal custody, court orders, and parental consent. Tennessee law outlines who has authority over these decisions, but your specific custody...
How is custody decided for unmarried parents?
When parents separate, the question of child custody becomes a top priority. For unmarried parents, custody decisions can feel more complicated, especially without the legal tie of marriage. Understanding how courts handle these cases can help parents better navigate...
Are judges biased against fathers?
Divorce can be a difficult and emotional process, especially when it involves children. Many fathers fear that judges may be biased against them when deciding custody matters. This concern is understandable, but it's important to examine whether there is any truth to...
Tennessee’s new parental rights law: Potential impact on shared custody arrangements
Earlier in 2024, Tennessee Governor, Bill Lee, signed a new law aimed at protecting parental rights. While the full implications of this law are still being explored, it has generated discussion, particularly regarding its potential impact on child custody...
Navigating complex custody issues
The U.S. Census Bureau reported as of 2020, custody cases involve 21.9 million children in the nation. Such situations can often become difficult when parents do not agree. Custody disputes can be emotionally challenging for all parties involved, and they become even...
Co-parenting when parents live in different communities
Co-parenting is not easy, but it is more difficult when you do not live in the same community as your former spouse. Despite your parenting plan and custody agreement, you or your spouse may not have sufficient access and time with your children. Therefore, these are...
What is parental kidnapping in child custody cases?
If you are in the midst of a divorce that involves fierce contention over child custody, then your soon-to-be ex-spouse might resort to underhanded means to distance your child from you. This can manifest as subtle parental alienation or blatant parental kidnapping....
Pondering divorce? Know this about child custody
Thinking about divorce often means contemplating a very different life from the one you currently lead. The end of your marriage might mean that you live somewhere different and that your entire daily schedule changes. When you share children with your spouse, a...
