The Divorced Dads Guide: Handling Child Custody Exchanges

A collaboration between DadsDivorce.com and SingleDad.com, The Divorced Dads Guide is a series of videos featuring helpful parenting tips for single dads facing the unique challenges presented to them post-divorce. First in this series of videos is “Exchanging The Kids.” Listen to Matt Allen, editor of DadsDivorce.com, and Richard “RJ” …

Paternity Law: What To Expect If You’re An Unwed Father

By Robin W. Klein Mens Divorce Attorney, Cordell and Cordell Paternity law is a complex area of law that frequently discriminates against fathers rights. It’s not uncommon for family law attorneys to have clients with children that have never been married to the mother nor been to court who simply …

Stopping Ex From Scheduling Activities During Parenting Time

Question: I found out my ex has planned activities for our kids during about half of my upcoming parenting time. I don’t want to disappoint my children by telling them they cannot do the stuff their mom signed them up for and they seem excited about. But what can I …

Book Excerpt: The Tools You Need To Be Successful

Below is an excerpt from the book “The Tools You Need To Be Successful: Never Give Up, Never Back Down” by Joshua McDowell, a single father who shares with divorced dads the tools they need to keep themselves in their children’s life and learn how to have a happy and …

A Dad’s Story Of Picking Up The Pieces Post-Divorce

By Gary M. Zeiss, Esq. I rolled out of bed at around 9:30, early for a Sunday. It was going to be a nice day – not too hot, not too cold. Classic early October weather. Not a cloud in the sky. I went into the kitchen and started the …

Advice On Divorce: Co-Parenting And Learning To Let Go

Parenting is difficult enough before you add the co-parenting obstacles divorced dads must deal with: different living arrangements, different parenting time schedules, different rules at different houses, etc. SingleDad.com founder and regular DadsDivorce.com contributor RJ Jaramillo shared a video with advice on divorce about how he is co-parenting his teenage …

Halloween Tips For Divorced Dads

By Matt Allen Editor, DadsDivorce.com Being on your own as a divorced dad for the first Halloween may be even scarier than the ghosts and goblins that will be terrorizing your neighborhood. It’s normal for recently divorced dads to feel guilt or anxiety over the breakdown of a marriage and …

Blurring The Lines Of Fatherhood

By Richard Saunders Member, Children’s Rights Council of Illinois I was recalling a conversation I had with my divorce lawyer while in the midst of my own child custody quarrel, about the typical activities I engaged in with my children. My lawyer’s response was that my activities would demonstrate to the court …

Paternity Law: Gaining Child Custody As An Unwed Biological Father

By Nathan A. Hacker Mens Divorce Attorney, Cordell & Cordell Paternity law is a growing area of litigation as currently more than 4 out of 10 children are born to unmarried parents, according to the National Center For Health Statistics. Of the 41 percent of children born out of wedlock, …

Shared Parenting Divorce: Fact or Fiction

By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com Society needs to be educated on the necessity of shared parenting and the innumerable benefits it affords to children. If not, children will continue to be denied the foundation of an equal relationship with both of their parents. There are longstanding attitudes about shared …