By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com After surviving your divorce with your first post-divorce Christmas looming ahead, many divorced dads are trying to figure out how to celebrate it with your children. Your actions can make the differences between a stressful holiday and a happy one. Here is what one …
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Question: I am planning on taking my child out of state to visit family during my parenting time over the holiday break. My ex-wife is furious about this and is threatening to deny my visitation rights. Am I allowed to take my child out of state during my parenting time?
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By Katherine V. Lewis Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer Although the holidays are generally a happy time, they can often be a source of increased difficulty and stress for parents and children going through a divorce and even those who have already gone through a divorce. For parents who have …
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By Sarah Long Cordell & Cordell Minnesota Divorce Lawyer With Spring Break approaching for many school-aged children, divorced dads have questions about parenting time over school breaks. Below are answers to four common questions on Spring Break parenting time.
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By Erin Brockhoff Belleville, Illinois Divorce Lawyer As winter weather and resulting snow days makes dreams come true for children across the country, it raises the issue of how parenting time and child custody exchanges are handled on unexpected days off from school. Typical child custody exchanges on normal school …
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When answering the financial question, “Do you have a list of New Year’s financial resolutions you think all people should undertake as we approach 2012?” financial adviser Dan Danford has a slightly different way of looking at financial resolutions. Danford, CFP®, CRSP®, MBA, says any New Year’s resolutions should be …
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By Jennifer L. Hartstein, PsyD. Author of Princess Recovery: A How-To Guide to Raising Strong, Empowered Girls Who Can Create Their Own Happily Ever Afters The holidays are filled with so many wonderful things: family, friends, parties, religious endeavors, and, of course, gifts. All of these things can bring us joy …
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To our readers, You hear this phrase a lot this time of year, “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays.” But holidays are not always happy, particularly for guys grappling with a divorce they didn’t choose. Suddenly, you husbands and dads reading this are thrust onto battlefields where the fate of everything …
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The stresses of divorce are amplified during the holidays for divorced dads. If you won’t have parenting time over the holidays, it’s easy to become depressed. Even if you do get to see your kids, there is a lot of planning and juggling your schedule to see the whole family. …
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By Amber Steiss Rechner Dallas Divorce Lawyer The popular divorce book “The 10 Stupidest Mistakes Men Make When Facing Divorce” by Cordell & Cordell co-founder Joseph Cordell outlines devastating and avoidable blunders guys make. The holiday season brings its own set of mistakes, including these three common gaffes you should …
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