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New Year, New Beginnings: Tips For Starting Fresh After A Divorce

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As we usher in the new year, it's a time of reflection and new beginnings. For those who have recently gone through a divorce, this period can be particularly poignant. While the journey of divorce is often fraught with challenges, it's also a time ripe with opportunities for personal growth, newfound happiness, and a reinvigorated … Continued

10 Helpful Tips for Co-Parenting During the Holidays

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The holidays are supposed to be the most beautiful time of the year. However, holidays can be significantly stressful for families going through a divorce. Coordinating schedules for visitations and parenting time can be overwhelming. This is especially true if this is the first holiday for a family after a split. While the transition may … Continued

Tips For Making It Through the Holidays As A Single Parent

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The holiday season, often a tapestry of joy and celebration, presents a set of unique, multifaceted challenges for single parents. In the bustling landscape of the United States, a significant portion of the family mosaic is composed of single-parent households—23% of children under 18 find their homes in such settings. This translates into 15.21 million … Continued

Avoiding the Holiday Blues and Recovering From a Divorce

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The holiday season can be a difficult time for those who are going through a divorce. The celebrations and family gatherings that are meant to be joyous occasions can often serve as painful reminders of what was lost. However, there are ways to get through this difficult time and avoid the holiday blues.  Prioritize Your … Continued

How To Deal With COVID, Custody, And The Holidays

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The holiday season is well underway, and this year we find ourselves in a first in a lifetime situation with a global pandemic hitting full stride just as we are getting ready to deck the halls. As a parent, this time of year can already be emotional and challenging enough without dealing with a public…

Key to Parenting Time: Cooperation

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Splitting parenting time can be fertile ground for conflict  Parties get fixated on percentages and the number of overnights, instead of cooperation and what may work best for the kids. It’s best to focus discussions on child-centered schedules. If you walk into court describing your kids like a pie to be divided, you’ll lose credibility…

Understanding Child Custody In California

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The word “custody” is what most people think of when they talk about time with their kids after a divorce. Most family law professionals, including lawyers and judges, stay away from this term. Instead, “parenting time” and “decision-making” are commonly used in its place. The phrase, “custody” implies ownership or control of something, so “custody”…

Parenting Exchanges

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For separated couples with children, occasional interactions with one another are often a reality of daily life. Because these couples typically will have some form of alternating parenting time, chances are they will sometimes encounter one another when switching between each other’s parenting time. Exchanges can help provide stability and certainty by clarifying the nature … Continued

Parenting Time in Colorado

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In an Allocation of Parental Responsibilities (“APR” for short) case or divorce with children, one of the biggest client concerns is spending time with their kids. The traditional term most used by people when thinking of this topic is custody. In Colorado, however, the courts no longer use this term as it carries some negative…

Holiday Parenting Time

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As we all know, the winter holidays sneak up on us quickly. This is why it is so important to consider your plans with children early. Very often, we run into situations where clients and prospective clients contact our office at the last minute regarding disputes over holiday parenting time. Here are a few tips … Continued