What is Parental Alienation?

Parental alienation is often a concern during high-conflict divorces and child custody matters. It is not present in every case, and it can be very difficult to recognize with certainty even when it is actually occurring. One reason alienation can be so difficult to recognize is that the offending behavior …

How Does Divorce Affect Children’s Academic Performance?

If you are a father who has recently gone through a breakup or are considering separating from your spouse, you are likely wondering how does divorce affect children’s academic performance. Divorce can be earth shattering for children, and one of the biggest challenges for divorced parents is helping their kids …

Co-Parenting Communication Dos and Don’ts – Men’s Divorce Podcast

Cordell & Cordell Executive/Managing Partner, CEO Scott Trout and Litigation Attorney Michael Carano Jr. discuss how to effective communicate when co-parenting with your ex-spouse. They discuss the importance of communicating effectively when co-parenting, its potential impact on your parenting time, how to communicate when your ex is disagreeable, tools for proper communication when …

Private School Education: Luxury or Legal Necessity?

Clients of Cordell & Cordell often ask their divorce lawyer if they can be legally forced to pay the costs of sending their children to private school. Usually it’s the ex-wife insisting on private school education at the cost of the father, who argues that a public school is just …

Changing School Districts With Joint Custody

Question: My ex-wife and I share 50/50 custody and disagree about changing our kids’ school districts. She wants to pull our kids out of the school district they have been in their whole lives (the one in my neighborhood) and enroll them in a school district closer to her a …

How to Discover Income and Assets in Divorce – Men’s Divorce Podcast

Cordell & Cordell Executive/Managing Partner, CEO Scott Trout and Litigation Attorney Lauren Gilbert to discuss how to discover hidden income and assets during the divorce process. Mr. Trout and Ms. Gilbert discuss the tactic of hiding income and assets during divorce (and why you shouldn’t do it), the discovery process, depositions and appraisals, other …

Pet Custody: Who Keeps the Dog in Divorce?

Increasingly, pet custody is becoming a source of contention in family law cases. For one thing, there are more pet owners than ever before. During the COVID-19 pandemic, dog and cat adoptions increased by up to 250%. When you couple that spike with the fact that up to 95% of …

What Does Your Divorce Lawyer Need to Know? – Men’s Divorce Podcast

Cordell & Cordell Executive/Managing Partner, CEO Scott Trout and Litigation Partner Dorothy Walsh Ripka discuss the important facts your divorce lawyer needs to know and how you can prepare to best help them in your case. During initial consultations, divorce attorneys need to learn about your history and need to understand your goals for …

Why Divorce is so Expensive and Strategies for Keeping Costs Down – Men’s Divorce Podcast

Cordell & Cordell Executive/Managing Partner, CEO Scott Trout and Milwaukee divorce attorney Chelsea Williamson discuss some of the reasons divorce cases tend to be so expensive and offer tips and strategies to help you reduce costs. Just about everyone walks away from divorce with less than what they had when they started, but Mr. …

What is Child Protective Services and How Can It Affect my Case? – Men’s Divorce Podcast

Cordell & Cordell Executive/Managing Partner, CEO Scott Trout and a Cordell & Cordell divorce attorney discuss Child Protective Services and the role it can play in your family law case. They explain what CPS is, why the department tends to be overstaffed and underworked, how you should deal with CPS …