Can My Ex Prevent Me From Taking My Child On Vacation?

Question: My ex-wife says I cannot take my child on a vacation during my court-ordered parenting time that is outlined in our child custody agreement. Does she have the right to prohibit me from taking my child on vacation? Can she file kidnapping or contempt charges if I take our …

Reimbursement Of Travel Expenses When Children Move

Question: My ex-wife and child moved a few hours away without notifying me and since then I’ve spent thousands on travel expenses. We used to meet halfway but now in order to see my child I have to pay for flights. Now my ex-wife has requested a child support modification …

Can My Family Get Emergency Custody While I’m Deployed?

Question: My wife let our children travel out of state to visit my family while I am deployed overseas so that she could take time to receive help for her various addictions. I fear for my children’s safety while with their mother, and I do not want my family to …

She Violated Our Notarized Child Custody Agreement

Question: My ex and I signed a notarized child custody agreement that she was not allowed to leave the state with my son without my written permission. However, she ignored it, moved out of state with my child, and when I protested the judge overruled our notarized agreement saying it …

Planning Summer Vacations: Who Gets To Pick The Dates?

By Jamie Kinkaid Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer As discussed in a previous article, “Summer Parenting Time: Common Problems and Solutions,” there are unique issues for divorced dads that crop up when children are out of school for the summer. Summer vacations during the summer parenting time can be a …

Summer Parenting Time: Common Problems and Solutions

By Jamie Kinkaid Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer More often than not, divorcing parties tend to forget regular and holiday visitation is completely separate from summer parenting time. Summer itself needs to be addressed individually to help give guidelines on how the visitation will occur and what the expectations are …

Child Support Modification When Paying Transportation Costs

Question: Can I reduce my payments through a child support modification given that I am responsible for paying my children’s transportation expenses? Since my ex-wife and I live far away from each other, in order to exercise my court-ordered visitation I have to pay the cost to fly my children …

How Can I Protect My Rights If I Cannot Attend A Child Support Hearing?

Question: I live in another state from where my ex-wife filed a motion requesting child support (California). I received a notice that I am due in court next week, but I live on the other side of the country and can’t possibly afford to fly and take time off work …

Ex-Wife Won’t Give Me Permission To Travel With My Child

Question: I planned a vacation out of the country with my child. My ex-wife signed the passport for him to travel and verbally agreed that he could go. Just days before the flight she told me she is rescinding her agreement and I can’t take our child with me. Does …

Preventing Unauthorized Out-Of-State Travel

Question: When I made my daily call to talk to my children, my ex-wife told me that our kids traveled out-of-state for the weekend with her boyfriend during her parenting time. I am furious about this because not only was I never notified that the children were traveling, but they …