Child Custody: Can I Object To My Children Being Forced To Testify?

Question: In my divorce and child custody case, my wife wants to have our children testify in court. I don’t want to put them in the middle of a child custody battle where they feel like they will be betraying one parent. They’re just kids and don’t need that type …

Dads Rights Discrimination By The Numbers

Opponents of Dads Rights It’s remarkable to hear dads rights opponents dismiss the movement as a propaganda machine simply manipulating the facts in an effort to disenfranchise mothers. The oft-stated mantra on DadsDivorce.com is the fathers rights movement is not an anti-mom movement or anti-woman movement. It’s an anti-unfairness movement. …

Sen. Jim Kastama’s Fight For Shared Parenting

All children need two parents in their lives even if their parents are divorced. This concept of the importance of shared parenting is not lost on Washington State Sen. Jim Kastama, who is known as the Washington Legislature’s leading advocate for shared parenting and recently announced he is running for …

The Importance Of Shared Parenting

By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com In today’s family law landscape, the concept of shared parenting stands out as a tare amidst an otherwise orderly countryside. This is because the courts have been influenced by the longstanding attitude that shared parenting is not a beneficial joint child custody arrangement. What …

Can A Stepparent Block A Right of First Refusal Clause?

Question: Per our child custody agreements, I share joint legal custody with my ex-wife though she has primary physical child custody. She has been hospitalized for weeks about 3 hours from where I live. Her husband – my child’s stepfather – is refusing to let me come take my child …

Can The Mother Switch Child Custody?

Question: The mother of my child has sole child custody. She has informed me she is going to give guardianship of our son to her brother. Can I fight this so that I receive custody? If I receive custody, is child support calculated using the income of the child’s mother …

Are Divorced Dads Treated The Same In The UK?

By Ben Attwood English family law attorney On the international stage, the British and the Americans often like to present a united front. Our countries share many similarities. DadsDivorce.com is even visited by more people in England and Wales than any other country outside of the United States. However, that does …

A Parenting Plan Template For Long Distance Visitation?

Question: Is there a parenting plan template in regards to visitation schedules for noncustodial parents who live far away from their children? I get to see my kids one weekend a month because they live in another state and the travel expenses are too much for me to afford. How …

Protecting Fathers Rights In Cohabiting Relationships

By Matt Allen Editor, DadsDivorce.com There are now more children who live with unwed, cohabiting parents than with divorced parents and that affects fathers rights to child custody, according to a recent report. The National Marriage Project and the Institute for American Values reports there are 12 times as many …

Preventing The Ex From Repeatedly Moving With The Children

Question: My ex-wife was awarded primary child custody and exclusive rights in regards to deciding where our children live. She has repeatedly moved from the state we were divorced in, but is currently living in a state that I recently moved to. I am trying to get back into my …