By Daniel Exner Milwaukee Divorce Lawyer Dads seeking divorce advice frequently ask divorce lawyers about how to keep their ex-wives or soon-to-be-exes from saying negative things to the children about their father. Many divorced parents will talk about the divorce case with their children, use the kids as messengers, or, …
Question: My ex-wife and I share joint child custody. When I am forced to work late or otherwise be absent during my parenting time, I have to notify my ex-wife and give her a right of first refusal. My ex-wife has now picked up an extra job requiring her to …
Question: Per my temporary child custody agreement, my 10-year-old daughter is supposed to spend weekends with me for my parenting time while our divorce is ongoing. Lately, she has been refusing visitation for the whole weekend and only comes over for one night because I run a stricter household with …
Question: Is my ex-wife allowed to arrange a third party to look after our child during her parenting time when I am available? During the upcoming Winter Break, my ex is going on vacation during her parenting time and told me our child is staying with someone else instead of …
Our country’s problems with fathers and the alarming disregard of fathers rights is examined in Nicholas Szabo’s documentary “Father Figure.” Fathers rights is about fairness. All dads are looking for in family courts is an equal opportunity in their divorce and child custody cases. Yet Szabo’s film features interviews with …
By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com A previous divorce article looked at the widespread issue of divorced dads in the military losing child custody while on deployment. Most military dads are unaware that they could lose custody during their deployments, even with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), which was …
By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com There are thousands of child custody cases in the U.S. involving military dads who have lost custody of their children while on deployment. During World War II, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act was enacted, which provided protections for Americans serving in all …
Question: I need marriage separation advice on how to enforce child custody and visitation without court orders in place. Over Thanksgiving, my wife and her family would not allow me to see my children. All I wanted to do was spend Thanksgiving with my sons, but I was told I …
By Allison L. Murphy Dallas Divorce Lawyer Did your ex-wife cut your parenting time short over the holidays? A common issue facing divorced dads is what to do when the other parent cuts into your parenting time during the holidays. Though every divorce decree should have specific provisions regarding possession …
Question: Do child custody laws allow a person to include a relocation consent clause in the divorce decree? I want to include a provision in our child custody agreement preventing my wife from moving our children more than X miles away from me without my prior consent. She is refusing …