How To Interpret Parenting Plan Orders

Question: As the non-custodial parent and per our parenting plan, I am to have four weeks of additional parenting time each year with my child until he reaches age 5. However, my ex-wife is claiming she has those additional weeks as well because “it’s implied.” Now she has set up …

Can My Ex Change The Custody Exchange Location?

Question: My current parenting time court order identifies the exact location where our custody exchanges are to occur. My child’s mother now tells me she is moving the location closer to her house since she does not drive, but I do not agree to this move and want us to …

Can My Ex Send The Children To Live With The Grandparents?

Question: My ex-wife has legal custody and physical custody of our children and I have scheduled visitation. Due to long-term neglect on her behalf, I am filing to modify child custody. However, her parents have been talking to my kids about living with them permanently instead of their mom. Can …

Can My Ex-Wife Exercise The Right Of First Refusal Clause During My Vacation Time?

Question: Our divorce agreement has a right of first refusal clause. I gave proper notice to my ex-wife of my two weeks of uninterrupted summer vacation parenting time. I also told her during the vacation that our children will be visiting their grandparents for a weekend without me. I then …

Legal Custody: Ex-Wife Refuses To Pick Up Child From Daycare

Question: I have joint legal custody of my son and have enrolled him during my parenting in a daycare in the new neighborhood I live in about 15 miles from my ex-wife’s house. My ex-wife refuses to pick up our son from the new daycare, even though when it is …

Denied Overnight Parenting Time For Living With My Girlfriend

Question: My ex-wife will not allow my child to stay overnight with me during my court-ordered parenting time because I live with my girlfriend. My girlfriend has even offered to leave at night, but my ex-wife still refuses because her “stuff” will be all over the house. In other words, …

Interpreting Summer Vacation Parenting Time Court Orders

Question: My divorce parenting time order states that I am to have my child for four weeks during summer vacation “with priority over any other visitation schedule.” I informed my ex-wife that I will be taking our child on vacation for four consecutive weeks, but she is saying that during …

New Paternity Law Gives Biological Fathers Parental Rights

By Nathan Arnold Special to DadsDivorce.com Biological fathers rights in Michigan earned a victory with a new law allowing biological dads to establish paternity of a child that was born to a married woman. Previously, Michigan paternity laws did not give parental rights to biological fathers if the mother of …

Enforcement Options If Denied Parenting Time

By Jason Hopper Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer All too often divorced dads will contact Cordell & Cordell mens divorce attorneys with a concern that they are not being granted their ordered parenting time with their children. Very often, the question is, “What do I do when my parenting time …

Can A Parent Stop The Other From Piercing The Child’s Ears?

Question: My ex-wife recently took our son to get earrings without my consent. I am furious about this and have threatened to withhold child support from her since she is ignoring my rights as a father. I realize it’s after the fact, but can one parent prevent the other from …