Taking Child To Counseling If We Share Joint Legal Custody

Question: I share joint legal custody with my ex-wife and want to know what to do if I suspect my children are victims of domestic violence while with their mother. My child has told me she is scared of her mother’s boyfriend because he abuses my ex-wife. I’m wondering if …

Modifying Child Support If Parenting Time Is Evenly Split

Question: Our parenting time schedules and our incomes have not changed since the time our divorce decree was entered. At the time of the divorce, even though we had an even amount of parenting time, I was ordered to pay child support because my income was higher. Is there a …

Resolving Legal Custody Disputes Over Medical Bills

Question: Despite the fact that I have joint legal custody, my ex-wife continues to take our child without my consent to medical specialists for unnecessary treatments that I am then responsible for reimbursement of the bills. I have documented my protests via e-mail so it is in writing that she …

Who Gets To Decide Who Picks Up The Child From School?

Question: I have joint legal custody, but my ex-wife has informed the school that my childcare provider is no longer an approved person to pick up our child on my parenting time days. Can the mother really do this or do I need to get a letter from a family …

Enforcing Legal Custody Violations

Question: I have joint legal custody of my minor child and would like to know how to enforce a legal custody violation. My ex-wife enrolled our child in a new school district without notifying me or listing me as our child’s father with the school registry. Education decisions should be …

Do I Have A Say In Who Watches Our Children During My Ex’s Parenting Time?

Question: During my ex-wife’s parenting time, she often has her elderly parents look after our small children in lieu of daycare. I’m fine with her using family members to provide child care, but I have concerns over my children’s safety while with their grandparents, who are unhealthy and too old …

Can A Party Request Child Support If It Was Not Ordered?

Question: I have joint custody and neither party pays child support per our divorce decree. I would like to petition for sole custody of my son and have a child support order entered so my ex-wife would pay me. What is the likelihood of changing terms of our divorce decree, …

Can I Prevent My Ex From Taking Kids From Daycare So Her Boyfriend Can Babysit?

Question: My ex-wife wants to pull our children out of daycare so her boyfriend can be a “stay-at-home dad” and watch our kids all day. I told her I am not comfortable with her boyfriend staying home alone with our children. I’d rather have them with a child care professional. …

Joint Physical Custody Vs. Joint Legal Custody

By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com For decades, family law courts have been granting joint legal custody to both parents, and this is only fair. If both parties in a divorce are reasonably responsible and adjusted, the children will fare much better having both parents involved in their lives. Joint …

5 Major Benefits Of Joint Physical Custody

By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com While joint legal custody of children is a good solution in the majority of divorce and child custody proceedings, joint physical custody is not always possible – at least not joint physical custody with equal time to each parent. The extenuating circumstances of location …