Child Custody

If you are the parent of a child 15 years of age or younger and must share custody with a former spouse or former partner who you fear may take your child to another country without your consent, you should learn about the Hague Abduction Convention. This agreement...

Divorce can happen for many reasons in California and having children makes custody one of the central concerns in the dissolution. Even after all the paperwork is filed and the divorce is final, custody can rear its head for as long as your children are growing up....

When a child's parents are from different countries and have citizenship in different countries, it can often make custody issues more difficult. There may be questions about what court has jurisdiction and what rights each parent has prior to a formal and legal...

Developing a custody schedule can be difficult, but it's not impossible. You and your children's other parent are having a hard time because of how your schedules conflict, and that means that there will be days when your children won't have anyone to care for them....

Child custody concerns often come up in divorce cases because parents want to do what's best for their children but may feel conflicted about leaving their children for any amount of time. The truth is that all parties involved will have some adjusting to do; Children...

In California, it's typically assumed that a minor child will his or her time with both parents. However, who gets custody is determined with the best interests of the child in mind.For example, if your child is a teen female, and she says she wants to live with her...

Child custody arrangements can be complex or quite simple. Regardless of the way yours are set up, you need to be clear that you must abide by the schedule that you've had confirmed by the court.  If you or your ex-spouse start to stray from the court-ordered...

Today, DNA technology is modernizing the world of unconventional pregnancies, often involving donors and surrogates. For a 32 year old woman in Greece, this helped her birth her first healthy baby boy after four unsuccessful attempts with the InVitro Fertilization...

One of the best types of custody to look into is joint custody. Shared, or joint, custody is normally close to equal, which means that a child spends time with both parents regularly.  Psychologically, joint custody is a major benefit to children. However,...

It isn't always easy to develop a parenting schedule that works for your child and ex-spouse when your job doesn't have traditional hours. You might not have a consistent work schedule and that can lead to custody conflicts, too. If you ask to adjust your schedule,...