My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Harassing Me: What Are My Options?

By Kristine J. Rea Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer Dealing with your ex-wife’s new boyfriend or husband is difficult enough, but what if you want to completely cut off communication with your ex’s significant other? Divorced dads often ask Cordell & Cordell divorce lawyers if their ex-wife is allowed to …

Can A Minor Child File A Child Custody Modification?

Question: Can I file a motion to modify child custody on behalf of my minor child? My son wants to live with me, and I think my ex-wife would be less likely to fight it if our child was the Plaintiff and not me.

Modifying Custody Order If Ex-Wife No Longer Sees The Kids

Question: My child lives with me and rarely sees his mother, though our divorce decree lists my ex-wife as having sole physical custody. She ran off years ago and left the child with me. Though she is out of our child’s life she refuses to officially give me full custody …

Are Property Division Awards Modifiable?

Question: I was blindsided by my divorce and a judgment that essentially gave all our property both personal and shared to my ex-wife, including the home. She now has all of my accounts, possessions, and our house. She even has the kids’ personal property. Do I have any rights post-judgment …

Can You Change A Parenting Time Order Without Modification?

Question: My ex-wife wants to modify our parenting time schedule and change the weeknights I have my children. There is no valid reason that I know of and there has not been any significant change in circumstances. Can she make changes like this to the decree without my consent?

Can I Prevent My Ex From Moving Our Children Out Of Their Current School?

Question: I recently moved closer to my kids and am seeking a modification of parenting time. Now my ex wants to move farther away, but still within the 100-mile court-imposed limitation. I do not want her to move the kids out of their current school district. I know I cannot …

Ex Moves To More Expensive Area And I Have To Pay Her Increased Expenses

Question: I am already divorced and have a parenting plan in place. I am paying half of the childcare expenses for my two children. My ex wife has chosen to move to a more affluent area and childcare is a lot more expensive there. She has formally requested I pay …

Child Support Modification When Paying Transportation Costs

Question: Can I reduce my payments through a child support modification given that I am responsible for paying my children’s transportation expenses? Since my ex-wife and I live far away from each other, in order to exercise my court-ordered visitation I have to pay the cost to fly my children …

Which State Has Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support If Both Parties Have Moved?

Question: I currently pay child support according to a marital separation agreement with my ex-wife. We both have moved out of the state where the order was issues, and now she wants to increase my child support payments by filing for a modification in her new state, which apparently requires …

Can My Ex Open A New Child Support Case In Another State?

Question: My child support payments ended several months ago when my 18-year-old child was considered emancipated by the state the original order was issued in. However, my ex-wife and child now live in another state where the child support age of emancipation is 21, and she is threatening to take …